Looks like Chris Rock forgot his lines during his Netflix special. The first-of-its-kind comedy special featuring Chris Rock has become a talking point on the social media circuit especially because of its timing – a few days before the Oscars 2023 ceremony. Last year, while presenting the Oscars award, Chris Rock got slapped by actor Will Smith on the Oscars stage for making a joke about Smith’s wife. This year, he addressed the slap gate and more during his comedy live but that’s not news.
Netflix had to cut the scene from Chris Rock: Selective Outrage
Chris Rock skipped a line or more accurately mixed up two occurrences when making jokes about Will Smith punching him hard; as a result, Netflix had to cut the scene from Chris Rock: Selective Outrage. Towards the end of the comedy live, a global streaming event, the comedian messed up his own joke as he recalled a conversation he allegedly had with the Smiths over his 2016 Oscars hosting gig. “Years ago, his wife said I should quit the Oscars; I shouldn’t host ’cause her man didn’t get nominated for Emancipation, the biggest piece of sh** ever!” He quickly realized his mistake and said, “No, not Emancipation, I fucked up the joke.”
Rock, unfettered by this mistake, continued on and delivered the joke
The reference was to Jeanne Marie Laskas’ 2009 NFL and chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) exposé Game Brain, the basis for Will Smith’s 2015 sports film Concussion. This section of the live special has been cut out for viewers who have viewed the rerun that is presently playing on the OTT.
Chris, unfettered by this mistake, continued on and delivered the joke. He continued, “She started this shit. She said that me, a fucking grown-ass man, should quit his job because ‘My husband didn’t get nominated for Concussion’.” The incident he mentioned occurred when Jada Pinkett Smith was boycotting the ceremony amid the #OscarsSoWhite movement, which focused on The Academy’s history of racial exclusion within its nominee and winners lists.