Chris Rock draws big crowd in first show since Oscars: ‘Can’t miss an opportunity like this,’ fan says
Rock performed for a sold-out crowd at Boston's Wilbur Theater
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Comedian and actor Chris Rock performed his first stand-up show Wednesday night since Will Smith slapped him at the Oscars.
Since the Oscars incident, sales for "Chris Rock Ego Death World Tour 2022" have skyrocketed, soaring to over $1000 per ticket. Rock did a show for a sold-out crowd at Boston's Wilbur Theater.
"You can't miss an opportunity like this," one Chris Rock fan told Fox News Digital ahead of the show. "We know he's going to say something, we just don't know what."
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Rock did indeed address the incident, telling the crowd, "I had a whole list of jokes before this week happened."
Wednesday night marked the first time Rock spoke publicly on the issue. Rock told the crowd he was "still kind of processing what happened" that night.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Crowd gathers outside the Chris Rock Show in Boston, MA. (Fox News)
The Wilbur Theater seats 1,200 people.
"This is the craziest I've ever seen the line," a bouncer outside the venue told Fox News Digital.
"You can't miss an opportunity like this. We know he's going to say something, we just don't know what."
Fans lined up hours before the show began at 7:30 p.m.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Crowd gathers outside the Chris Rock Show in Boston, MA. (Fox News)
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"Even though I’m a Chris Rock fan, I don’t want to be after his behavior at the Oscars," one fan said referring to Rock's joke about Jada Pinkett Smith's balding head. Pinkett Smith has been open about her struggle with alopecia.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Another person told Fox News Digital, "It was not the coolest thing, but Chris handled it well and apologized."
Actor/comedian Chris Rock enters the Wilbur Theater in Boston for the first of his two sold-out performances March 30, 2022. Three days earlier, Rock was slapped by Will Smith at the Academy Awards. (Barry Chin/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)
One fan suggested the Oscars slap was staged. But after re-watching the clip, he said, "It was definitely not fake. Will definitely lost it up there."
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{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}"After watching the Oscars …, we knew we most definitely needed to get tickets for tonight," a couple told Fox News Digital.
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Smith has since apologized. On Wednesday, the academy said it had launched "disciplinary proceedings" against Smith and also claimed it had asked Smith to leave the Oscars, but he refused.