Chris Rock Said He Let People 'Walk All Over' Him 2 Months Before Will Smith Smacked Him at Oscars
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Chris Rock recently expressed that he's let people "walk all over" him since his childhood.
HIs revelation came on the Jan. 12 episode of
Fly on the Wall with Dana Carvey and David Spade, two months before
Will Smith smacked the comedian across the face during Sunday's Academy Awards.
On the podcast, Rock, 57, recounted being "bullied ridiculously" throughout his childhood. He said, "Half of the bullying was because I was just a little guy. Then I got bused to school and the bullying was because I was little guy and I was Black. I was getting double bullied."
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He said he eventually resorted to taking matters into his own hands.
"I went home, I put a brick in a book bag — this is like a legendary story in my neighborhood — I swung that sh-- and smacked the guy in the face with this brick and stomped on him, Joe Pesci-style, to the point that we thought he might die," Rock told hosts David Spade and Dana Carvey.
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Later on, with the help of therapy, Rock realized the long-term impact the event had on his life.
"Long story short, from that day on, as my shrink puts it to me, you have been scared to be angry ever since," he said. "The guy you saw was bending over backwards to be nice because I was so scared of my anger."
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As the season 26 finale of
The Bachelor approaches,
Clayton Echard is continuing to try to explain how everything came crumbling down at fantasy suites.
The 28-year-old Missouri native sat down with
Kaitlyn Bristowe for an interview on her
“Off the Vine” podcast and the season 11 Bachelorette was quick to point out that she also slept with more than one person on her 2015 season.
“I was, like, really not OK with my season. I was in a very dark place. I slept with more than one person, I hurt people’s feelings, I got dragged on the internet, I was a shell of myself. It is the hardest thing to go through and people have no idea,” the host
began on the Thursday, March 10, episode. “Because there’s so much more than what you see on TV, and it’s taken out of context. And it’s just such a hard thing to try and navigate and then to be on so many interviews having to go along with this narrative [and] not be able to, like, tell what’s happening because we all don’t know yet. And I’m just so sorry that you’re going through such a hard time, and I hope you know that it will pass. Do you feel that there’s light at the end of the tunnel?”
While Clayton noted that “there’s always light at the end of the tunnel,” he’s “not good” at the moment as he “didn’t think it was gonna be this bad” to watch the show back.
The former football player sent
Susie Evans home during the dinner portion of their overnight date after the 29-year-old videographer took issue with Clayton having sex with — and saying he was falling in love with —
Rachel Recchia and
Gabby Windey. He has
since been accused of “gaslighting” Susie during their explosive split.
“I’m almost fuming at people using this term gaslighting. I am so angry at the fact that people were trying to say I’m a gaslighter because it couldn’t be farther from the truth,” he said. “I looked at the definition and it’s when you try to convince someone that their reality is not factual. And that couldn’t be farther from the truth. I did not try to convince her that her reality was not factual. I was just trying to convince her to give me another chance and understand where I was coming from. Not once did I say, ‘The way you’re thinking about this is wrong, you are in the wrong going this way.’ Never once did I do that.”
Clayton does admit that he was “immature” in his approach with Susie.
“I did not manipulate her,” he said. “I allowed my emotions to attack her and I wish I wouldn’t have done that. I was very upset. And I let my emotions get the best of me. I’m 1,000 percent in wrong for that. And I really wish I would never have acted that way toward her. But I did not gaslight or manipulate her and that is 1,000 percent a fact.”
The Bachelor concludes with a two-part finale on ABC Monday, March 14, and Tuesday, March 15, at 8 p.m. ET. Scroll through for more from Clayton:
Rock recalled that his therapist wanted him to move past the incident because "this guy brought something out in you and you're so scared of that thing coming out of you again that you let the whole world walk all over you. Your friends walk over you, your friends walk over you, your female relationships — everybody just f—s you over."
The
Saturday Night Live alum said he is now able "get angry" and can better process his emotions.
"I'm not scared of letting people know how I feel about certain things," he shared. "Now, I can say, 'Hey I don't like what you said to me,' without losing my head, without hitting someone on the head with a frickin' brick."
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At the Oscars on Sunday, the comedian made a joke about
Jada Pinkett Smith's hair, saying in part, "Jada, I love ya.
G.I. Jane 2, can't wait to see ya."
The comment was about Pinkett Smith's hair matching
Demi Moore's shaved head in the movie
G.I. Jane. Pinkett Smith recently
opened up about her bald head, revealing it was a result of her
years-long struggle with alopecia. Pinkett Smith was visibly unamused, rolling her eyes from her seat.
Seconds later, Smith walked onstage and approached Rock,
smacking him in front of the audience and millions watching at home. Back at his table, Smith shouted to a stunned Rock, "Keep my wife's name out of your f---ing mouth," then remained seated with Pinkett Smith at his table for the rest of the night.
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When Smith won Best Actor later in the ceremony, he apologized to the Academy and his fellow nominees
but did not mention Rock. In his tearful speech, he spoke about acting out of love and protection, saying, "Love makes you do crazy things."
On Monday, the actor issued
another apology on Instagram,
writing in part, "I would like to publicly apologize to you, Chris. I was out of line and I was wrong. I am embarrassed and my actions were not indicative of the man I want to be. There is no place for violence in a world of love and kindness."
Rock has not yet spoken out since the incident. He
declined to press charges, and reps for the comedian have not responded to PEOPLE's request for comment.
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