A few days after breaking the silence about the Oscars slap and Will Smith’s apology video, Chris Rock spoke again about the event on stage, reports the American magazine. People. in a standThe humorist denounced in a monologue the way in which “everyone tries to be a fucking victim” in this matter.

“If everyone says they’re victims, then no one is going to listen to the real victims. That’s me when Suge Smith slaps me,” he said, referring to Suge Knight, rap figure and co-founder of Death Row Records sentenced to 28 years in prison for kill rap producer Terry Carter in 2015.

“I went to work the next day [de la gifle]. I have kids [à nourrir]”He added. “People who say words can hurt have clearly never been punched in the face.”

“He’s not ready to talk”

Will Smith, who shocked many of his fans and the movie world by slapping Chris Rock onstage at the Oscars last March, posted a video on Friday apologizing to the comedian. The star had already apologized in a press release the day after this bellows, which had overshadowed the entire evening of the Oscars on March 27. Will Smith details this time more the feelings of him.

“I contacted Chris and the message he replied to me was that he is not ready to talk, and when he is, he will contact me,” he said, wearing a white cap on his head, in this nearly six-minute video shared on social media. “So I’m telling you, Chris, I apologize. My behavior was unacceptable and I’ll be here as soon as you’re ready to talk.”

“I try not to think of myself as a jerk”

Will Smith also apologized to Chris Rock’s mother and brother, as well as his own family, including his wife Jada Pinkett Smith. That night, it was a joke by Chris Rock about the shaved head of the latter, who suffered from alopecia – a disease that causes significant hair loss, which he revealed to have a few years ago – that triggered the scandal.

“I’ve spent the last three months reliving and (trying to) understand the nuances and difficulties of what happened” that day, Will Smith said in his video. “I’m not going to try to analyze it all now, but I can tell you that there wasn’t a part of me that thought that was the right way to behave at the time.”

Saying that he deeply regrets disappointing his fans, he explained that he tries to “be sorry without being ashamed” of himself. “I’m human and I made a mistake, and I try not to think of myself as a jerk,” he concluded.