But there is one person we had yet to hear from, and that was Rock himself.
How was your weekend?!"
But then he chose to focus on the jokes he’d prepared for the evening and moved on.
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“I’m still kind of processing what happened.
So, at some point I’ll talk about that s—.
And it will be serious and funny.”
An industry insider also confirmed to EW that Rock’s inciting jokewas not in the scriptfor the show.
Smith notablyomitted Rock from his apology to the Academy on stage, while accepting the Oscar for Best Actor.
But on Monday, Smithalso released an apology statement,publicly addressing Rock.
“I would like to publicly apologize to you, Chris,” he wrote.
“I was out of line and I was wrong.
I am embarrassed and my actions were not indicative of the man I want to be.
There is no place for violence in a world of love and kindness.”
Many in Hollywood have commented on the incident since, includingOscar hosts Amy SchumerandWanda Sykes.
“It was supposed to be your night,” Sykes recounted Rock’s words.
This is now gonna be about this.'"
The investigation is expected to take several weeks.
