‘He Really Slapped Me’: Chris Rock’s Mom Speaks Out on Oscars Slap With a Message for Will Smith

Like most viewers who saw the 🏆Oscars, Rose Rock wasn’t sure just what happened during the most infamous moment of this year’s Academy Awards.

But when she saw her son slapped on national TV, she felt the impact.

Rose Rock is the mom of comedian Chris Rock, who was slapped by actor Will Smith after a joke he made about Jada Pinkett-Smith, who is Will Smith’s wife.

“hen he slapped Chris, he slapped all of us,” Rock said Friday, according to WIS-TV.

“He really slapped me,” said the native of Andrews, South Carolina.

Rock’s mother offered her take on what Will Smith was all about on that evening.

“You reacted to your wife giving you the side-eye and you went and made her day because she was bowled over laughing when it happened,” she said.

Rose Rock said she did not attend the ceremony and was watching from home. As with many viewers, she wondered briefly if the slap was some bit of byplay between her son and Smith.