Chris Rock’s younger brother, Kenny Rock, challenged Will Smith to a boxing match after Smith’s attack on the Oscar-winning comic book.
Kenny, 42, appeared with Celebrity Boxing promoter Damon Feldman in New York on Tuesday, telling TMZ that he had reached a potential match if Smith decided to accept his offer.
The open contract that Kenny signed was for a match to be held at the Charles F. Dodge City Center in Pembroke Pines, Florida on June 11.
Latest: Chris Rock’s younger brother, Kenny Rock, 42, challenged Will Smith, 53, to a boxing match after Smith’s attack on the comic book, 57, at the Oscars
“I have to get in the ring with Will Smith,” Kenny said. “I can take it off … I’ll let my hands talk.”
Kenny told the paper that he “wrote text messages and talked” to 57-year-old Chris, who is “doing great” weeks after the incident.
Kenny has expressed skepticism about the 10-year ban that Smith received from the Oscars last week after hitting a comedian during the March 27 show.
“We need to see if he really gets the 10-year ban,” Kenny said. “In three years, they may think we’ll forget about it and then we’ll put it in … we need to make sure these people do what they say they’ll do.”
Kenny appeared with Celebrity Boxing promoter Damon Feldman in New York on Tuesday, telling TMZ that he had reached a potential match if Smith decided to accept his offer.
Kenny told the paper that he “wrote messages and talked” to Chris, who is “doing great” weeks after the incident.
Chris Rock remained relatively silent about the incident with Smith at the Oscars, telling it briefly in several comedy shows in the two weeks after the shocking event
Kenny said he doubted Rock had accepted Smith’s apology to Rock on social media after the meeting, adding that he “did not want to mention it” when talking to his brother.
Kenny was asked about the comments his 47-year-old brother Tony Rock made after the Oscars, as Tony told the Los Angeles Times he was concerned about the physical attack on his brother and sister in front of a worldwide audience.
“It annoys me to watch him over and over again because you’ve seen a loved one attacked and there’s nothing you can do about it,” Tony told the newspaper on April 4. “Every time I watch the videos, it’s like a performance that just keeps spinning in my head.
“My brother was not a threat to him and you just don’t respect him at the moment. You just belittled him in front of millions of people watching the show.
Kenny told TMZ that he did not blame Tony – who said the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences should take away the Best Actor award Smith won for King Richard during the procedure – for accepting him personally. .
After the incident, former Smith musician DJ Jazzy Jeff, 57, stood up for him until he appeared Thursday at Chicago’s Dorian’s Through The Record Shop to talk to the closed-session legend.
DJ Jazzy Jeff said Smith’s slap on the rock was due to an uncharacteristic “omission of judgment” on Smith’s part, which he probably regrets.
Former Smith musician DJ Jazzy Jeff, 57, stood up for him until he appeared Thursday at Dorian’s Through The Record Shop in Chicago to talk to the closed-session legend. He was snapped in LA in February
The musician, who was half of Grammy-winning DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince, was seen with Smith in February.
“Don’t distort it, that’s something he was proud of: it was a flaw in the judgment, you know?” the musician, who was half of the Grammy-winning tandem DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince, said in a video posted on WGCI Chicago’s Instagram page.
He added: “I think the thing I realized is that I don’t know too many people who have had the least gaps in his judgment. I can point out 50 times that he should have hit someone, but he didn’t. So to have a gap in judgment, he is a man. And I think a lot of the criticism comes from people who don’t think such people are people.
The Oscars between Smith and Rock took place after Rock joked with Jada Pinkett Smith’s shaved head saying, “Jada, I love you, GI Jane 2, I can’t wait to see him,” referring to the 1997 film. introduces Demi Moore with a shaved head. (Pinkett Smith, 50, was diagnosed with alopecia, which causes hair loss.)
Smith then took the stage and hit Rock, then returned to his seat and shouted twice, “Keep my wife’s name out of your fucking mouth!” In front of a stunned audience at the Dolby Theater in Hollywood, California.
Chris Rock remained relatively silent about the incident with Smith at the Oscars, telling it briefly in several comedy shows in the two weeks after the shocking event.
The Emmy winner appeared at the Fantasy Springs Resort Casino in Indio, California on Friday, telling the audience, “I’m fine. I have a whole show and I’m not talking about it until I’m paid, “said Palm Springs Desert Sun.
The alumnus of Saturday Night Live added: “Life is good – I regained my hearing,” according to the publication.
The “Everyone Hates Chris” star previously mentioned the incident at a March 30 show at The Wilbur in Boston, saying he was “still working on what happened” and that “apart from the weird thing, life is pretty good.”
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