Chris Rock will talk about Will Smith's Oscars slap in his live Netflix special
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Stand-up comedian Chris Rock is going live with a new Netflix special a week before the Oscars after he spent the past year on tour and working out material on the infamous Will Smith Oscars slap.
Chris Rock will hit back the way he does best -- on stage.
The legendary comic is set to perform a live standup special on Netflix on March 4, where he'll address Will Smith slapping him at the Oscars, according to Netflix.
While Rock has alluded to the incident in short quips in his stand-up performances over the past year, he'll address it at greater length for the first time.
The news was first reported by the Wall Street Journal.
Rock workshopped the material for the special in January during an arena show in Charleston, where he was on the bill with Dave Chappelle. Dressed in all white, he addressed the now-infamous moment with Smith about a third of the way through his set, according to a source in attendance who spoke with CNN.
Rock talked about collective outrage after the Oscars incident and made several jokes.
"The thing people wanna know ... did it hurt? Hell yeah it hurt. He played Muhammad Ali! I played Pookie (in 'New Jack City'). Even in animated movies I'm a zebra, he's a f---ing shark. I got hit so hard, I heard 'Summertime' ringing in my ears," Rock joked, according the source.
