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Rose Rock – “When You Hurt My Child, You Hurt Me”
On April 22, Chris Rock’s mother Rose Rock, visited South Carolina station WIS-TV’s Soda City Live and conveyed her thoughts on Will Smith’s Oscars slap saying, “When Will slapped Chris, he slapped all of us, but he really slapped me,” she said. “Because when you hurt my child, you hurt me.”
Rose Rock, 77 pointed out that she had “never met” Will before the incident and initially believed that it was a staged event “until he started with the obscenities.”
This incident took place at the March 27 awards ceremony, where Will slapped Chris after the comedian made a joke about his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, and her hairstyle. When the “King Richard” actor returned to his seat, he repeatedly shouted that Chris needed to “keep my wife’s name out of your f–king mouth.”
Although Will Smith has since made a public apology to Chris Rock through his Instagram and also resigned himself from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, Will received a 10-year ban from attending all Academy events for his actions.
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Rose Rock – Heart Broken For Not Being There For Chris Rock
Rose also shared her heartbreak about not being able to physically be there for her son after the incident. “I was not at the Oscars this time,” she said. “I couldn’t reach out to him at that point, there was nothing to do and that’s a hard thing for a mother. No matter how old they are, they’re still your babies.”
While reflecting on the altercation, Rose said that she had “no idea” what she would say to Will if given the chance except: “What in the world were you thinking?”
“You did a slap, but so many things could’ve happened from that,” she explained. “Chris could’ve stepped back and fallen. You really could’ve been taken out in handcuffs. You didn’t think. You reacted to your wife giving you the side-eye and you went up and made her day because she was bowled over laughing when it happened.”
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While the event didn’t go the way Chris or his family had imagined, Rose maintained that she was “really, really proud” of the way Chris carried himself onstage after the incident.
However, she noted that she also felt “really sad,” because “Chris was so happy to be giving the award to Questlove for his Oscar and no one heard his speech. No one was able to just be in the moment, because everybody was just sitting there like, ‘What just happened?'”
When asked if she sees a future where the two stars could one day meet and reconcile, Rose shared she’s leaving that up to them. “That would have to be a decision they made. I feel really bad that Will never apologized,” she said. “Something like that is personal. You reach out.”
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