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Jerry Seinfeld Asked Chris Rock to Parody the Will Smith Oscars Slap in ‘Unfrosted,’ but Rock ‘Was A Little Shook’ From It and ‘Wasn’t Up to Perform’
Jerry Seinfeild wanted Chris Rock to parody the Will Smith Oscars slap in his new movie "Unfrosted," but Rock was too "shook" from the event.
Seinfeld stars in the movie opposite Melissa McCarthy, Jim Gaffigan, Max Greenfield, Hugh Grant and Amy Schumer. Seinfeld said on the podcast that Rock “wasn’t up to perform” to soon after the 2022 Oscars, where Will Smith slapped him across the face after he made a joke about Jada Pinkett-Smith. Seinfeld asked “Fly on the Wall” podcast co-hosts Dana Carvey and David Spade if they thought Rock parodying the Oscars slap would’ve been funny.
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