Chris Rock’s brother would have revealed the reason for Will Smith’s slap

Almost four months have passed since the scandal that broke out after the slap that actor Will Smith gave comedian Chris Rock, in the middle of the Oscar Awards ceremony held in Los Angeles, United States.

The aggression was recorded after an intervention by the comedian at the gala in which he made a joke about the close cut of Jada Pinkett Smith, Will’s wife, who suffers from alopecia (hair loss). After the slap, the actor shouted to a stunned audience: “Keep my wife’s name out of your fucking mouth!”

Therefore, it was thought that the ridicule over alopecia was what triggered Smith’s fury. However, Tony Rock, brother of Chris Rock, recently released a different reason why the attack would have occurred.

In an interview for the ‘Top Billin’ podcast, he noted that the bump was not due to Pinkett’s alopecia. According to Rock, the reason for Smith’s anger was another phrase that his brother said during the monologue in which he referred to the rapper 2Pac who died in 1996, with whom Pinkett would have had a relationship, and of whom the actor was jealous.

“I think the slap was the buildup of him being slapped on other levels. (…) Jada won’t let 2Pac die, there’s always something about 2Pac. And I am not referring to familiar things that people do not know … this is something that everyone knows, “said Tony Rock.

According to US media, in his biographical book Smith had acknowledged being jealous of 2Pac. “I hated not being what he was in the world and I was jealous, I wanted Jada to look at me like that,” said the actor, who also acknowledged that he could never be a friend of the rapper because of the bond he had with his wife.

This is Will Smith after the Oscars incident

The latest news about Will Smith after the incident at the Oscars was that he was on a vacation and meditation trip to India. However, in the middle of an interview, actor Kevin Hart claimed to have had contact with Smith and gave details of his current status.

Hart’s interventions were known in the middle of the red carpet of the movie ‘DC League of Super-Pets’, before the reporters of Entertainment Tonight, For the actor, both Smith and Rock should reconcile their differences and move on; however, he stresses that the interpreter of The Prince of rap he regrets his performance at the awards.

“Will regrets this, you know, he’s much better now and certainly much better than he was before.… I still love him very much, I also love Chris, and You can’t judge a person for just one thing. Life goes on and people grow, give him the opportunity to do so “Hart said, emphasizing Smith’s current situation.

For Kevin Hart, both actors are his friends, so he does not seek to be on one side, he only asked the public to give Will the opportunity to redeem himself after his performance, which cost him a long sentence at the Academy.

“My only hope is that the two of them find a way to reconcile about it and that they can move on. We are human and we make mistakes. This isn’t about talking about the past, it’s about understanding the present and doing your best to move forward.”, added the actor Hart, affirming his desire for reconciliation between the two greats of comedy.