“Let me be all foggy and s ***,” Rock said with tears in his eyes, meaningfully showing the warm response of the crowd. “How was your weekend?” mocked, to which the audience responded with laughter. “I do not have much to say about it, so if you came here for it,” he said, pausing and then continuing, “I wrote an entire show before this weekend. I’m still working on what happened, so at some point “I’m going to talk about this s ***. It’s going to be serious. It’s going to be funny, but right now I’m going to say some jokes.” The comedian, currently on the “Ego Death Tour” tour, then continued with his show. The tour boosted ticket sales to the Oscars, with Wednesday’s two performances in Boston sold out. Rock’s interpretation comes as the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced that “disciplinary proceedings” had been instituted against Smith for his actions at Sunday’s Oscars. The actor went to the awards stage and slapped Rock, who was presenting at the time, after making a joke about Smith’s wife shaved head. Smith apologized Monday in a statement on Instagram, calling his behavior “unacceptable and unjustified.” “I would like to apologize publicly, Chris. I was out of line and I was wrong. I am ashamed and my actions were not indicative of the man I want to be. There is no room for violence in a world of love and kindness,” Smith wrote. In a statement Wednesday, the academy said Smith had been asked to leave the ceremony after the altercation “and refused”. The academy said it acknowledged “we could have handled the situation differently”.
