Chris Rock's brother says Will Smith should have his Oscar revoked
"My brother was no threat to him," Kenny Rock told the LA Times a week after Smith slapped Chris Rock on-air during the Academy Awards show.
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- Chris Rock's brother thinks Will Smith should have his best actor Oscar revoked over his infamous slap.
- Kenny Rock also told the LA Times Smith should also be banned from attending future Oscars.
- "My brother was no threat to him and you just had no respect for him at that moment," Kenny Rock said.
Chris Rock's brother told the LA Times he thinks Will Smith should have his Oscar award for best actor revoked and be banned from future awards shows after Smith slapped Rock on live TV during the Academy Awards last week.
Kenny Rock said the now-infamous Oscars slap — which occurred after Chris Rock made a joke about Smith's wife, Jada Pinkett-Smith's, bald head — "eats at" him.
"It eats at me watching it over and over again because you've seen a loved one being attacked and there's nothing you can do about it," Kenny Rock told The Times.
"My brother was no threat to him and you just had no respect for him at that moment," he added. "You just belittled him in front of millions of people that watch the show."
Just minutes after the slap last week, Smith secured the award for best actor for his role as Richard Williams in "King Richard."
Kenny Rock said the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences should take "disciplinary action" against Smith, including banning him from attending future Oscars, according to The Times.
Smith has since resigned from the Academy and publically apologized over the slap.
Jada Pinkett-Smith has been open about having alopecia, an autoimmune disorder that causes hair loss.
Kenny Rock claimed that his brother did not know of Pinkett-Smith's condition when he made that joke, the Times reported.
"The joke was funny," Kenny Rock said. "It wasn't hilarious funny, but I know that if he knew that she had alopecia ... he wouldn't make a joke about that. But he didn't know."