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Acclaimed comedian Chris Rock’s live Netflix special– Chris Rock: Special Outrage– will air a week prior to the much-awaited Oscars Awards 2023
Chris Rock: Special Outrage has the distinction of being the first-ever event shown in real time on Netflix. It will also have pre-and post-show highlights
Celebrities like Sir Paul McCartney, Amy Schumer, Jerry Sienfield and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar will feature on the show, as per Netflix
While the main content of Rock’s upcoming Netflix special is not known, the comic has spent much of 2022 touring stand-up venues around the world with a routine that includes gags about The Slap
While addressing a 2,300-strong audience at Baltimore’s Hippodrome Theatre in February this year, Rock said, “Will Smith practices selective outrage”
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After Rock made a joke about closely cropped hair of King Richard actor Will Smith’s wife Jada Pinkett Smith, the actor went onto the Oscars stage and slapped the comedian across the face. Jada Pinkett Smith has alopecia
Chris Rock made fun of Jada Pinkett Smith’s closely cropped hair while presenting the award for documentary feature and said, “G.I. Jane II- can’t wait to see it.” He further said, “Jada, I love you”
Will Smith seethed with rage and shouted from his seat, “Keep his wife’s name out of your f****** mouth” twice before climbing upto the stage and smacking Rock