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Chris Rock has branded Will Smith\u2019s online apology for slapping him at the Oscars a \u201chostage video\u201d.<\/p>\n
The comic, 57, made the statement during another of his stand-up sets alongside Dave Chappelle, 49, at London\u2019s 02 Arena on Saturday as part of the pair\u2019s new joint comedy tour.<\/p>\n
Referring to 53-year-old Will\u2019s apology video released in July, Rock said: \u201cF*** your hostage video\u201d.<\/p>\n
The comic also used the set to refer to Smith as \u201cSuge Smith\u201d, in reference to the thuggish and imprisoned Death Row Records executive Suge Knight.<\/p>\n
Watch video:<\/strong><\/p>\n On Thursday night, Rock told fans who attended his and Chappelle\u2019s performance at Liverpool\u2019s M and S Arena, Smith had done an impersonation of a \u201cperfect man for 30 years\u201d before showing he is \u201cjust as ugly as the rest of us\u201d.<\/p>\n It marked the first time the comic had extensively shared his feelings about being slapped by Smith at this year\u2019s Oscars.<\/p>\n Chappelle asked Rock in front of the crowd: \u201cDid that s*** hurt?\u201d prompting him to exclaim: \u201cGoddam right\u2026 the mother***** hit me over a bulls*** joke \u2013 the nicest joke I ever told.<\/p>\n \u201cWill did the impression of a perfect person for 30 years, and he ripped his mask off and showed us he was as ugly as the rest of us.<\/p>\n \u201cWhatever the consequences are\u2026 I hope he doesn\u2019t put his mask back on again, and lets his real face breathe. I see myself in both men.\u201d<\/p>\n Smith stormed the stage at the Academy Awards in March and whacked Rock after the comic compared his wife\u2019s shaven head to actress Demi Moore\u2019s buzzcut in the 1997 film \u201cG.I. Jane\u201d \u2013 before Smith twice howled from his seat in front of stunned A-listers and while watched by millions of film fans across the world: \u201cKeep my wife\u2019s name out your f****** mouth.\u201d<\/p>\n Smith\u2019s wife of 25 years, Jada Pinkett Smith, 50, had shaved it as she suffers hair loss-causing alopecia.<\/p>\n While issuing a grovelling apology in his online video in July, Smith admitted Rock had not responded to his attempts to reach out.<\/p>\n He said: \u201cSo I will say to you, Chris, I apologise to you. My behaviour was unacceptable and I\u2019m here whenever you\u2019re ready to talk.\u201d<\/p>\n There was widespread outrage when Smith went on to cry while picking up his best actor trophy for best actor for his role in \u201cKing Richard\u201d after the assault, with many saying he should have immediately been kicked out of the ceremony.<\/p>\n Rock is scheduled to perform with Dave Chappelle in London, Copenhagen and Amsterdam before they return to America later this month for more shows.<\/p>\n