Tag: Chris Rock

Chris Rock hysterically pleaded with Caleb Williams to play for the Jets

Chris Rock really, really, really wants Caleb Williams to come play for the Jets.

Comedian and actor Chris Rock really, really, really wants USC quarterback Caleb Williams to come play for the New York Jets.

Ahead of Saturday night’s Trojans game against the Oregon Ducks, Rock greeted Williams with an earnest plea for him to come play for the Jets once he most likely declares for the 2024 NFL Draft.

Williams got a kick out of Rock’s open recruiting, even when veteran quarterback Aaron Rodgers is scheduled to return to New York next season after tearing his Achilles in September.

We commend Rock for doing his best to sway Williams, even though the quarterback really has no control over where he’s drafted unless he doesn’t like the team picking first overall and decides to stay in school for 2024.

Williams joining the Jets would immediately make them one of the most exciting teams in the NFL, but the odds of New York landing the kind of draft pick needed to secure his talents are slim.

At the least, Rock can always swap out being a Jets fan for wherever Williams gets drafted when he finally joins the NFL. We wouldn’t blame him for doing so, as being a New York fan rarely pays off like you’d hope.

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Oscars host Jimmy Kimmel cracks jokes about Will Smith-Chris Rock slap

Kimmel didn’t shy away from the jokes.

Will Smith wasn’t in attendance at the Oscars this year after the actor slapped presenter Chris Rock last year. The slap followed a joke made about Jada Pinkett-Smith’s expense. That didn’t stop Will Smith’s name from coming up. A lot. Jimmy Kimmel, hosting his third Academy Awards ceremony, made several cracks about the incident in his opening monologue.

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Kimmel covered everything from telling the crowd that there was an incident response team to saying that any would-be attacker would have to get through actors like The Rock, Michelle Yeoh and Spider-Man (Andrew Garfield).

He also made reference to it again before the award for Best Documentary — which was when the slap happened in the show last year. Here’s his opening monologue segment:

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Doug Baldwin: Will Smith was wrong, can’t escape accountability

Former Seahawks wide receiver Doug Baldwin has never been wrong about anything.

Chris Rock told a tasteless joke about Jada Pinkett Smith’s hair condition at the Oscar’s on Sunday night. However, Will Smith’s reaction was beyond over the top. He stormed the stage and slapped Rock, then returned to his seat and cursed at him in full view of a massive international audience.

Since then, just about everybody has offered an opinion on the slap heard ’round the world. Rock is not completely blameless but from where we’re sitting the only opinions that are really worth hearing are the ones condemning Smith for his actions. Former Seahawks wide receiver Doug Baldwin has never been wrong about anything. Here’s what No. 89 had to say about it on Twitter.

Will Smith has since apologized but there’s speculation that he may be forced to give up the Best Actor award he won for his performance in King Richard just minutes after the incident took place.

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“She voiced that she struggled with …

“She voiced that she struggled with [Alopecia], and Chris Rock thought it was cool to crack a joke,” Villanueva said. “We are not with Jada everyday to know the level of the struggle, but Will does. As I don’t condone violence, Im proud that Will Smith stood up for his wife.” Villanueva added, “As a fellow Alopecians, I stand with Will and Jada.”

Celtics players, Twitter react to Will Smith – Chris Rock Oscars incident

Boston players, alumni and media echoed the array of responses to the slapping incident that took place at the 2022 Oscars Sunday.

On Sunday evening, an annual cinematic awards festival spilled over into the pop culture zeitgeist for all of the wrong reasons as renowned actor and rapper Will Smith slapped comedian and host of the moment Chris Rock at the 2022 Oscars after Rock made a joke at Smith’s wife expense, the comedian joking about Jada Pinkett-Smith’s lack of hair due to alopecia.

In the Boston Celtics media sphere, the incident caught fire as it did elsewhere, with players and local media weighing in on what they’d seen, or turning it to their own designs by meme-ifying it in ways likely to displace the standard-use meme of Batman and Robin having a similar such moment.

Unlike those two superheroes, however, these were two real people — let’s take a look at how the wider Celtics world navigated that cultural flashbulb moment, for better or worse.

Will Smith slapped Chris Rock in the face during the Oscars before winning Best Actor

What just happened?

As they do every year, the Oscars were simply rolling along. Some of the most talented people in Hollywood were winning the tiny gold man on a pedestal. Laughs were shared. Tears were shed. Everyone was having a grand old time!

Then Chris Rock came to the stage to present. And in what has to be an Oscars first, some sort of confusing chaos broke loose.

During a short monologue, the comedian turned to a ‘G.I. Jane’ joke about actress Jada Pinkett-Smith, who has spoken about her autoimmune disorder alopecia. Her husband, actor Will Smith, appeared to take exception and stepped onto the stage. Except Smith didn’t only step.

He slapped Rock across the face.

Here’s a video of the entire sequence, which the Oscars’ domestic broadcast bleeped out, leading to confusion all over the Internet.

Warning: NSFW — Language

Was it real? Did Smith really slap Rock?

In the commercial break immediately after, Denzel Washington and Tyler Perry pulled Smith aside and appeared to console him.

But the night wasn’t over.

Chris Rock stands with the medical …

Chris Rock stands with the medical community in supporting as many people as possible rolling up their sleeves to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. On Wednesday, he spoke out on the subject while at the mic, opening for the Strokes at the venue Brooklyn Steel. He also called out one unvaccinated person in particular: Kyrie Irving, a point guard for the NBA’s Brooklyn Nets, who has refused to comply with New York City’s vaccine mandate that professional athletes be vaccinated to practice or play in public venues. “Where’s my anti-vaxxers at? Where you at?” the former Saturday Night Live star said. “You f****** dumb Kyrie motherf******.”