{"id":1410292,"date":"2022-03-30T13:45:35","date_gmt":"2022-03-30T17:45:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1410292"},"modified":"2022-03-30T13:45:39","modified_gmt":"2022-03-30T17:45:39","slug":"fact-check-no-chris-rock-did-not-issue-this-statement-of-apology-to-jada-pinkett-smith-and-will-smith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-no-chris-rock-did-not-issue-this-statement-of-apology-to-jada-pinkett-smith-and-will-smith\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: No, Chris Rock Did Not Issue This Statement Of Apology To Jada Pinkett Smith And Will Smith"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">38<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffact-check-no-chris-rock-did-not-issue-this-statement-of-apology-to-jada-pinkett-smith-and-will-smith%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1410292&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>A post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo.php?fbid=10159402345691888&#038;set=a.10150239418856888&#038;type=3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shared on Facebook<\/a> allegedly contains a message from comedian Chris Rock apologizing to actor Will Smith and his family for a joke he made during the Academy Awards.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span>Verdict: False<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>Rock did not author the statement, which was actually written by a podcaster.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span>Fact Check:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Jada Pinkett Smith, who has alopecia, was the focus of a \u201cG.I. Jane\u201d joke made by Rock as he was presenting the \u201cBest Documentary\u201d category at the March 27 Academy Awards, CNN <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2022\/03\/28\/entertainment\/chris-rock-will-smith-history\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported<\/a>. Will Smith, the husband of Jada Pinkett Smith, walked on stage and struck Rock in the face in response to the joke before returning to his seat, the outlet reported. The actor apologized to Rock in an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CbqmaY1p7Pz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Instagram post<\/a> the next day.<\/p>\n<p>The Facebook post, uploaded March 28, allegedly quotes an apology from Rock about making the joke. \u201cI sincerely apologize to my friend\u2019s Jada Pinkett-Smith, Will Smith, and the rest of the Smith family for the disrespect and disregard I displayed which was unfortunately broadcast for the world to see,\u201d reads the alleged statement.<\/p>\n<p>The purported statement, however, has not appeared on Rock\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/chrisrock.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">website<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ChrisRock\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">social<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/chrisrock\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">media<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/chrisrock\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">accounts<\/a>. Likewise, there are no <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=Chris+Rock+%22As+a+comedian+it+can+be+difficult+to+understand+which+lines+are+to+be+crossed+and+which+ones+aren%E2%80%99t.%22&#038;oq=Chris+Rock+%22As+a+comedian+it+can+be+difficult+to+understand+which+lines+are+to+be+crossed+and+which+ones+aren%E2%80%99t.%22&#038;aqs=chrome..69i57.7922j0j7&#038;sourceid=chrome&#038;ie=UTF-8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">news reports<\/a> confirming Rock authored the post or offered an apology to the Smiths for his joke as of press time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/music.amazon.com\/podcasts\/75240d19-e0f8-4e67-a981-7d8a15af957f\/the-actual-podcast\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Actual Podcast<\/a>\u201d host Cris Cris <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/actualcris\/status\/1508618792854827008\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tweeted<\/a>\u00a0March 28 that he had authored the statement, displaying a photo of his Facebook post where it first appeared publicly. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2022\/03\/29\/fact-check-kidman-smith-rock-reaction-photo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED:<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2022\/03\/29\/fact-check-kidman-smith-rock-reaction-photo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Does This Picture Show Nicole Kidman Reacting To Will Smith Slapping Chris Rock At The Oscars?)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cOut of concern-I decided to draft a response to last night\u2019s #Oscars altercation from the perspective of my namesake, and a few short hours later. VIRAL,\u201d Cris stated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A post shared on Facebook allegedly contains a message from comedian Chris Rock apologizing to actor Will Smith and his family for a joke he made during the Academy Awards.Verdict:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":89,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1410292","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1410292","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/89"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1410292"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1410292\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1410292"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1410292"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1410292"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}