An announcement that slams! Since the Oscars ceremony, on March 27, and the slap inflicted by Will Smith on Chris Rock, there has not been a day without stars and spectators not giving their opinion on the question. And, according to a viral post on social networks, it is the author of the joke aimed at Jada Pinkett-Smith who would have made his mea culpa.
“I sincerely apologize to my friends Jada Pinkett-Smith, Will Smith and the rest of the Smith family for the disrespect and disregard I have displayed which has unfortunately been aired for the entire world,” reportedly , according to this message, writes Chris Rock the day after the ceremony.
Apologies repeated on the English and French media
In a long message, the comedian would testify to an awareness of the scope of his words: “As an actor, it can be difficult to understand which lines must be crossed and which are not. Last night I crossed a line that I shouldn’t have and paid a huge price for my reputation as a stand-up comedian. »
This message is taken up word for word by dozens of accounts on Facebook, some of which are in French. One of them starts with a catchy “HUGE!!! Chris Rock’s statement regarding last night’s Oscars. Seen nearly 60,000 times, it is accompanied by a portrait of Chris Rock.
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Fans of Jada Pinkett-Smith and her husband may welcome the apology, but they’re going to be disappointed. Indeed, despite the virality of this message of appeasement and the enthusiasm it can arouse, the comedian has not published a message to this effect. From March 29, the entourage of Chris Rock denied the rumor with an editor of the magazine HollywoodReporterRebecca Keegan, as well as the American news agency Associated Press.
Agence France press (AFP) was able to contact the communications team from the comedian on March 30, who said, “This apology is FALSE. Additionally, none of Chris Rock’s social networks are posting the apology message, whether on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram.
On Wednesday, Chris Rock was in Boston for his first show date since being slapped at the Oscars. He spoke about the incident, as reported by several American media, including variety. The magazine reports the words of the comedian, who started his show by explaining that he was “still digesting what happened”, before ironically: “I don’t have much to say about what happened, so if you came to hear that…I have an entire show I wrote before last weekend! »
Excuses, however, there have been in this case. But they were the fact of Will Smith, the author of the slap, who posted, on his Instagram account, a message in which he apologizes to Chris Rock: “I would like to publicly apologize to you, Chris. What I did was inappropriate and I was wrong. My behavior last night at the Oscars was unacceptable and inexcusable. Jokes at my expense are part of the job, but one joke about Jada’s health issue was too much for me and I reacted emotionally. “Jada Pinkett-Smith, target of the joke of Chris Rock has also expressed on Instagram by posting a message of appeasement.