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The 57-year-old comedian was spotted Tuesday in Bostonahead of the six sold-out shows he is set to perform before kicking off his Ego Death World Tour. He was seen wearing a gray hoodie under a blue jacket, with gray sweatpants and a dark cap.
Secondary ticket sellerTickPicktweeted Monday that they saw an increase in sales to see Rock perform following the incident, which aired live during the awards show.
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Seconds later, Will walked onstage and approached Rock,striking him in front of the audienceand millions watching at home. Back at his table, Will shouted to a stunned Rock, “Keep my wife’s name out of your f—ing mouth,” and remained seated with Jada at his table for the rest of the night.
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During his acceptance speech for Best Actor later in the show, Will addressed the incident directly,offering an apology to the Academyand his fellow actors for the incident — but failed to mention Rock.
“I know to do what we do you gotta be able to take abuse; you gotta be able to have people talk crazy about you,” theFresh Prince of Bel-Airalum continued. “In this business you gotta be able to have people disrespecting you, and you gotta smile and pretend like that’s okay.”
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A source later told PEOPLE that the heated exchange between the Best Actor winner and Oscars presentergoes back several years, when Rock took aim at Jada during his hosting gig at the 2016 Academy Awards.
“When Chris hostedthe Oscarsin 2016, Jada was boycotting because of’Oscars So White.‘In his monologue, he made fun of her, saying she can’t boycott something she wasn’t invited to,” the insider explained. “Will was still mad about that.”
Representatives for Rock have not responded to PEOPLE’s request for comment.
source: people.com
