Mother Chris Rock: ‘Sad that Will Smith never apologized’ | Stars

entertainment">“I’m very sorry that he never apologized,” said Rock’s mother, who works as a writer, lawyer and speaker. “I mean, his people wrote a piece saying he apologizes to Chris Rock. But if you see that something like this has become personal, then don’t you contact us?” Rock wonders on the news channel.

entertainment">Rose Rock saw the incident on TV in early April and initially thought it was staged. “Until he started cursing,” she says about the moment when Smith called out to Rock from the audience after his blow. “When he hit Chris, he hit us all. He really touched me with it”, Rock reflects back.

entertainment">Rock’s mother thinks the whole situation is especially unfortunate for Questlove, who received a statuette for Best Documentary after the blow. “No one has heard his speech. No one was able to just be in the moment because everyone sitting there was like, What just happened?”

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