Chris Rock unleashes on Will Smith and wife Jada a year after Oscars slap

Chris Rock finally hit back at Will Smith on March 4, 2023 in a brutal stand-up routine, a year after the actor slapped him in front of a global TV audience for the Oscars. Photo: AFP

A year after he was slapped on stage at the Academy Awards, Chris Rock hammered Will Smith and his wife in a comedy special streamed live around the world, joking that he enjoyed seeing the actor beaten in his latest film.

Live on Netflix on Saturday from the Hippodrome Theatre in Baltimore, Rock said he had been watching slavery drama Emancipation just to see Smith "get whooped," cheering "hit him again" and "you missed a spot".