Chris Rock is defended by Leslie Jones and D.L. Hughley over his joke about Will Smith,’Sit Down’

March 6, 2023March 6, 2023 Editor

“Y’all act like you would be righteous! YOU ARE HYPOCRITES!” Jones wrote on social media, responding to a user in Hughley’s comments section on Instagram

Leslie Jones and D.L. Hughley have come out in support of Chris Rock.

Hughley, 60 shared a clip of Chris Rock’s live Netflix comedy special Chris Rock: Selective Outrage on Sunday, under the clip, Jones responded angrily to one of the many commenters.

At some point in your life, you have to learn to let things go. This is how young brothers are killed in the streets, Jones, 55, read the comment. “Discussing an event that took place a year ago. providing a poor example.

Defending Rock, Jones wrote, “Y’all forget he got slapped in front of the world yo! His kids, his mama, peers EVERYONE! I wonder how y’all muthaf—-s would handle that! And he is A COMEDIAN this is his way of expressing it. If he sang he would write a song. Cause it’s a painful thing that happen.”

Jones defended Rock in a letter, “You people forget that he was slapped in front of everyone, yo! EVERYONE! His children, his mother, his peers! I’m curious how you muthaf——s would respond to that. And since he is a comedian, this is how he expresses himself. He would compose a song if he could sing. Because what happened is painful.”

“You all behave as though you would be moral! You hypocrites you are! Close your mouth and sit down “Added she.

Rock’s comedy special, which was made for Netflix’s first-ever live broadcast and was filmed at the Hippodrome Theatre in Baltimore, focused on the Oscars slap as it closed, and the comedian applied the special’s title to Will Smith as he mocked Will, 54, and his marriage.

High-profile people, including the creator of the hashtag #OscarsSoWhite, April Reign, criticised his remarks, which included those directed at Will Smith’s wife Jada Pinkett Smith.

She referred to Will telling Rock at the Oscars last year to “keep my wife’s name out of your f—ing mouth” and said that many people were watching to see if Chris would mention Jada’s name during #ChrisRockLive. “He refused. He did, however, refer to her as a b*tch, which seems just as bad if not worse. TO ME.”

Reign also addressed the location of Rock’s show, alleging in a separate tweet, “He knew what he was doing. It wasn’t weird, but intentional. Chris could’ve picked (and sold out) any city in America. He wanted to be in Jada’s hometown.”

While Hughley didn’t address any comments about Jada, 51, he reiterated his opinion that Rock’s performance was “brilliantly executed” in the special, captioning another video, “If you love comedy, if you are a student of the art, if you are one of the few remaining people that allow for creative expression, then you walked away from this with the same sentiment.”

“Side note … That happened to HIM, to CHRIS … and the ENTIRE WORLD got to weigh in and talk trash and make jokes and ‘shoulda, woulda, coulda’ the whole damn thing to death,” continued the actor and fellow comedian. “OTHER COMEDIANS have bits about it, it was an opener for most of us. The ONE PERSON YOU NEVER HEARD FROM ABOUT IT WAS CHRIS!!”

“So NOW, that HE decides to address it on HIS TIME, people have the audacity to say: ‘he’s bitter … Why is he still talking about that … let it go … or the best one WE’VE MOVED ON.’ So YOU got to speak on it but he can’t??? Y’all are a straight f*n trip,” he continued.
Hughley concluded, “Congratulations @chrisrock YOU DID THE DAMN THANG!!”

Rock added in his stand-up routine, “Will Smith said of the Oscars slap, “Everybody that really knows knows I had nothing to do with that s—-. He practises selective outrage. I had no “entanglements,” as they say.”

Rock was making reference to the time in July 2020 when Jada disclosed that she and Will once had a “entanglement” with singer August Alsina. “We have really gotten to that new place of unconditional love,” she said at the time, describing how she and Will were eventually able to mend their relationship.