Chris Rock has joked with fans that he finally has 'most of my hearing back' after being slapped by Will Smith at the Oscars. The funnyman, 57, appeared on stage Thursday at the Royal Albert Hall in London, as part of his Ego Death comedy tour. Teasing the 5,000 ticketholders who were anticipating an array of Smith jokes, he opened the show saying: 'I'm okay, if anyone was wondering... Smith, 53, had brutally smacked Rock at the Oscars in March after the comedian told a joke about the actor's wife Jada Pinkett-Smith. The violent outburst caused an uproar across social media and resulted in Smith being banned from the Academy Awards for 10 years.

Source: Daily Mail May 14, 2022 00:16 UTC