Adam Sandleris showing some love forChris Rock.
The 55-year-old actor shareda promotional imagefrom Rock’s Ego Death World Tour 2022 on Instagram Tuesday, captioning it, “Can’t wait for this. Love you buddy!”
Sandler and Rock, 57, are longtime friends and collaborators, having worked for several years onSaturday Night Livein the early ’90s.
They went on to star in many films together, includingGrown-Ups(2010) andits 2013 sequel,You Don’t Mess with the Zohan(2008) andThe Longest Yard(2005).
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The incident occurred Sunday night after Rock said, in part, while presenting the award for Best Documentary, “Jada, I love ya.G.I. Jane 2, can’t wait to see ya.”
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Seconds later, Will walked onstage and approached Rock,hitting him in front of the audienceand millions watching at home. Back at his table, Will shouted to a stunned Rock, “Keep my wife’s name out of your f—ing mouth,” then remained seated with Jada at his table for the rest of the night.
When Will, 53, won Best Actor later in the ceremony, he apologized to the Academy and his fellow nomineesbut did not mention Rockat the time. In his tearful speech, he spoke about acting out of love and protection, saying, “Love makes you do crazy things.”
Rock has not yet spoken out since the incident, anddeclined to press charges. Will, Jada and their familycelebrated his Oscar win at an afterpartySunday night, dancing and posing with the statuette.
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Will issued an apology to Rock on Instagram Monday evening, writing, “Violence in all of its forms is poisonous and destructive. My behavior at last night’s Academy Awards was unacceptable and inexcusable. Jokes at my expense are a part of the job, buta joke about Jada’s medical conditionwas too much for me to bear and I reacted emotionally.”
“I would like to publicly apologize to you, Chris,” theKing Richardactor continued. “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.”
“I wouldalso like to apologizeto the Academy, the producers of the show, all the attendees and everyone watching around the world. I would like to apologize to the Williams Family and myKing RichardFamily. I deeply regret that my behavior has stained what has been an otherwise gorgeous journey for all of us,” Will concluded.
On Monday afternoon, the Academy said in a statement, “The Academy condemns the actions of Mr. Smith at last night’s show. We haveofficially started a formal reviewaround the incident and will explore further action and consequences in accordance with our Bylaws, Standards of Conduct and California law.”
source: people.com
