{"id":26341,"date":"2023-03-10T04:36:53","date_gmt":"2023-03-10T04:36:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/03\/10\/will-smith-embarrassed-and-hurt-by-chris-rocks-netflix-special\/"},"modified":"2023-03-10T04:36:53","modified_gmt":"2023-03-10T04:36:53","slug":"will-smith-embarrassed-and-hurt-by-chris-rocks-netflix-special","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/03\/10\/will-smith-embarrassed-and-hurt-by-chris-rocks-netflix-special\/","title":{"rendered":"Will Smith &#8217;embarrassed and hurt&#8217; by Chris Rock&#8217;s Netflix special"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-text\">\n<p>Will Smith\u00a0had good reason not to tune in to\u00a0Chris Rock\u2019s\u00a0Netflix special\u00a0over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Rock\u2019s\u00a0<em>Selective Outrage\u00a0<\/em>comedy special\u00a0streamed live Saturday evening from Baltimore\u2019s\u00a0Hippodrome Theatre, where the 58-year-old comedian\u00a0took aim at Smith and the Oscars slap\u00a0one year after the headline-making scandal.<\/p>\n<p>During the special, Rock directly called out the\u00a0<strong><em>Emancipation<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0star, speculating that Smith\u2019s attack was about him \u201cpractising selective outrage.\u201d Rock also referenced\u00a0cheating rumours\u00a0that surfaced in 2020\u00a0for Smith and his wife,\u00a0Jada Pinkett Smith, among other inciting topics.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWill is embarrassed and hurt by what Chris said about him and his family in his Netflix special. He didn\u2019t watch it, but he had people tell him what Chris said,\u201d a source told ET of how Smith felt amid the aftermath of the special.\u00a0\u201cIt\u2019s everywhere when you look online and on social media, so Will and Jada have seen comments about it.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-myjoyonline-com wp-block-embed-myjoyonline-com\"\/>\n<p>Months after the Oscars incident, Smith\u00a0posted an emotional YouTube video\u00a0apologizing to Rock for striking him onstage. (He had\u00a0shared\u00a0a written apology on Instagram\u00a0the day after the Academy Awards.)\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"671\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-51-e1648546788939-1024x671.png\" alt=\"Will Smith 'embarrassed and hurt' by Chris Rock's Netflix special\" class=\"wp-image-10032051836 lazy\"  data- title=\"Will Smith 'embarrassed and hurt' by Chris Rock's Netflix special\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Los Angeles Times via Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWill apologized to Chris and would like for Chris to let it go,\u201d the source added.\u00a0\u201cWill has worked on himself and he is\u00a0banned by the Oscars for 10 years. 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