Chris Rock says he was asked to host next year’s Oscars
August 30, 2022 9:44AM CDT
LAS VEGAS, NV – JUNE 10: Comedian/actor Chris Rock performs his stand-up comedy routine during a stop of his Total Blackout tour at Park Theater at Monte Carlo Resort and Casino on June 10, 2017 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
Chris Rock took a pass on hosting next year’s Oscars, the comedian told a crown at a show in Phoenix this week.
In some of his first public comments since being infamously hit by Will Smith at this year’s Oscars following a joke he made about Smith’s wife, Rock admitted the slap hurt.
Literally.
“He’s bigger than me,” Rock said. “The state of Nevada would not sanction a fight between me and Will Smith.”
Rock also said he had been approached to be in a Super Bowl commercial – presumably premised around the incident – but he declined that invitation as well.
Will Smith was banned from the Oscars for 10 years following the slap.
