Will Smith ‘Still Hates’ Chris Rock for His ‘Smug Attitude’ (EXCL)

Chris Rock is up to his neck in drama and problems in his life right now as he alienates people left and right, leaving his nemesis Will Smith to indulge in every second of his misery while twisting the knife to no end, a source exclusively tells In Touch. 

As it turns out, after the slap heard around the world at the 2022 Oscars, “Will’s getting the last laugh and loving it,” the insider says. Following an unscripted joke that saw comedian Chris, 59, poke some fun at Will’s wife Jada Pinkett Smith‘s alopecia, the Wild Wild West star stormed directly to the stage shouting expletives and demanding the Osmosis Jones voice actor keep his wife’s name “out of his f–cking mouth.”

As it turns out, everybody loves Chris, and he faced an outpouring of support while viewers slammed Will for a perceived overreaction to a simple joke. While some fans still had the Bad Boys star’s back, considering he was defending his wife’s honor, the insider says that due to the bad press, Will “will never forgive Chris for ruining his life, even though he’s managed to pick up the pieces in the last year or so.” 

Despite taking home the Academy Award that year for his performance in King Richard, he was banned from the event for 10 years and resigned from the organization. He apologized to the Academy in his acceptance speech – but not to Chris. That came a day later in a video after he calmed down, “but he still hates the guy and his smug attitude,” the insider adds. 

Will’s career is still going strong even after the incident, but Chris’, on the other hand, has hit some roadblocks recently. Back in December 2024, the comedian stormed out just minutes after he took the stage at executive chairman of Pratt Industries Anthony Pratt‘s winter holiday party.

Chris also seems unwilling to let bygones be bygones, continually bringing up the incident at his live shows. While it may seem unwise to upset a comedian with such a large platform and who basically gets to say whatever he likes to a captured audience hour after hour, to many, his continued grievance is starting to get petty.

“Chris isn’t the victim here, not in Will’s opinion,” the source continues. “A lot of people would agree with Will and think what’s happening to Chris is karma for refusing to speak to Will or accept his apology.” 

The Longest Yard actor notoriously dismissed Will’s mea culpa, telling a crowd “F–ck your hostage video,” insinuating the apology was forced on behalf of Will’s management team. 

All in all, violence against a comedian for a joke is never acceptable and, “from Chris’ end, he’s still haunted by what happened on that Oscars stage,” the source says. “He suffers from PTSD. Like Will, he’s never recovered from that slap.” 

Regardless of how they feel now, it’s unlikely the two will reconcile any time soon and are committed to remaining bitter enemies. “Others feel the best thing would be for these two egomaniacs to come together and hug it out, but they’re too proud.”