Will Smith has finally apologized to Chris Rock months after he slapped him at the Oscars over a joke about his wife Jada Pinkett’s bald head. Chris Rock is yet to cough about Will’s apology to him but according to some sources, he has moved on from the bizarre Oscars incident and focused on important things.
People Magazine got more;
A source tells PEOPLE that Rock, 57, had “moved on” from the incident before Smith, 53, issued his first on-camera apology on Friday since the awards ceremony in March.
“Chris doesn’t need to talk. This is clearly something that bothers Will more than Chris,” the insider says of the pair. “Will needs to deal with his issues. Chris is fine.”
Another industry source adds that it is a positive sign that the comedian is already making light of the incident in his stand-up.
“The fact that he is making jokes about it already is a good thing,” the source says. “That means he is assessing it. But the stress of the slap and the aftermath has not taken over his life. Quite the opposite.”
On Friday, Smith released a video apologizing to Rock for smacking him at the Oscars.
In the clip, the King Richard actor said, in part, “I will say to you, Chris, I apologize to you. My behavior was unacceptable, and I’m here whenever you’re ready to talk.”
Smith also claimed he received a message back that Rock was “not ready to talk” and would “reach out” when he was.
Following the video’s release, Rock joked about the slap — but didn’t address Smith’s apology — during his show at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta on Friday.
“Everybody is trying to be a f—ing victim,” Rock said. “If everybody claims to be a victim, then nobody will hear the real victims. Even me getting smacked by Suge Smith … I went to work the next day, I got kids.” (Rock’s reference of Smith as “Suge Smith” appeared to be a play on the name of currently jailed Death Row Records CEO Suge Knight.)
“Anyone who says words hurt has never been punched in the face,” Rock added during the stop on his Ego Death World Tour.
Sources are saying that Rock doesn’t think Will is the problem but Jada and until he rids himself of Jada, they really have nothing else to talk about.
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