Chris Rock to Address Will Smith’s Oscar Slap in March 4 Live Netflix Special

Chris Rock appears at the Television Critics Association Winter press tour in Pasadena, Calif., on Jan. 9, 2020. Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP

Comedian Chris Rock is reportedly planning to address the infamous slap during last year’s Oscars through a Netflix special that will stream just a week before the 2023 Academy Awards.

During the 94th Oscars in 2022, Will Smith got on stage and slapped Rock, who was hosting the show, for a joke Rock made about Smith’s wife, Jada Pinkett Smith.