Chris Rockis not dwelling onWill Smithslapping him on stage at the 2022Academy Awards.
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.”
Will Smith; Chris Rock.Will Smith/Youtube; MediaPunch/Shutterstock
On Friday, Smith released avideoapologizing to Rockfor smacking him atthe Oscars.
In the clip, theKing Richardactor 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.”
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Smith also claimed he received a message back that Rock was “not ready to talk” and would “reach out” when he was.
Reps for Rock have not responded to PEOPLE’s request for comment about Smith’s Friday video.
“Anyone who says words hurt has never been punched in the face,” Rock added during the stop on hisEgo Death World Tour.
Rock is gearing up for the fall release of his new filmAmsterdam, in which he co-stars with Christian Bale and Margot Robbie. He’s also currently dating Lake Bell, with whom he’s been seentouring Croatia.
Chris Rock; Will Smith.Getty (2)
At the March 27 ceremony, before his win for Best Actor, Smith walked onstage and slapped Rock across the face after taking issue with a joke about wifeJada Pinkett Smith’s shaved head. (Jada, 50, lives with alopecia.)
TheFresh Prince of Bel-Airalum said in a statement days later that the punchline was “too much for me to bear"and he “reacted emotionally.”
Smith, who laterresigned from the Academyand wasbanned from attending their ceremoniesfor the next 10 years, said in his statement, “I would like to publicly apologize to you, Chris.”
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“I was out of line and I was wrong,” he added. “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.”
Sincethe Oscars, Rock has madebrief jokes at stand-up performancesreferencing the moment, but he hasn’t yet spoken about it in length. He has said he’ll “talk about it at some point” eventually.
source: people.com
