Several jaw-dropping trends have caught many people’s attention, but the Sunday evening saga remains unmatched. What happened on Sunday evening? You probably guessed right: “The Oscar slap for Will Smith.” Yes, Will Smith hit Chris Rock at the Oscars, and Chris Rock’s show was a big hit. of course, but there’s more to what you are thinking.
You might think that this fight would cause anger that would last a lifetime. Instead, the bigger picture seems to be the fact that Chris Rock’s upcoming show has been completely sold out. The slap seems to be somewhat of a blessing in disguise; perhaps we should rather call it a business boom. Apparently, when Will Smith hit Chris Rock on Sunday, it looked like ticket sales for his show went through the roof.
On Monday, TickPick tweeted that it had sold greater numbers of tickets for Chris Rock’s show in one night compared to what it had all month.
It turns out that the Oscar event also helped sell more tickets for the Chris Rock show. It started on March 30, when Rock began his comedy tour with two concerts in Boston, both of which were completely sold out.
Furthermore, his event on April 1 in Boston was also totally sold out. Some tickets were even sold for roughly $5,000 each on retail websites. Someone from StubHub said, “Now that we are 48 hours from the end of Sunday night, it’s evident that demand for the Chris Rock events has increased drastically, according to our ticket-buying patterns on StubHub.”
Chris Rock made a joke about Jada Pinkett Smith, Smith’s wife, who has baldness, which led to the jaw-dropping act between Rock and Smith. Last year, Jada Smith said that she lost her hair because her daughter Willow told her to. She also said that since 2018, she has had alopecia, a disease that makes people lose a lot of hair. Will Smith was giving out the award for best documentary feature on Sunday when Chris Rock made an absurd comment about Jada. Jones used his hand to hit Rock. Rock was excited about her part in “G.I. Jane 2,” and she talked about how she had lost her hair.
After what looked like a laugh at first, Smith got up and hit Rock in the face as he stood on stage. Smith was told to leave the Oscars after hitting Rock, but he wouldn’t. After Will Smith’s famous slap at the Oscars, corporate reps said that ticket sales for Chris Rock’s show in Toronto were through the roof. Chris Rock eventually sold out all of his show tickets, even after the prices went up by a ridiculous amount.
But even though a lot was going on, Jada seemed a little quiet. When Chris Rock made a joke about Jada Smith’s bald head during the Oscars show on Sunday, Will Smith hit him. On Tuesday, Smith spoke to the public for the first time since the incident. She wrote, “This is a season for healing, and I’m here for it,” in what looks like her first post since the event, an Instagram picture that she shared on Tuesday.
Will Smith said sorry for what he did on Instagram after getting an Oscar for Best Actor for his role in King Richard. In his writing, he said, “All kinds of violence are harmful and should be avoided.”What I performed at last night’s Oscar ceremony was bad and can’t be excused.” Making jokes about me is part of my job, but the one about Jada’s health was too much for me, and I reacted badly.
Also, Will Smith said he was sorry and that he was leaving the line. He also said, “What I did made me feel bad; it wasn’t like the guy I want to be. In a world full of love and kindness, there is no room for war.
Because of what Smith did at the Oscars, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has begun an official review of him. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences says that Will Smith has quit. He was facing suspension after he attacked Chris Rock at last Sunday’s Oscars. Most people don’t like how he attacked Chris Rock, and many say he should have gone to jail and been kicked out of the event.
Moreover, all of these events appeared to be a gift rather than a curse to Chris Rock. A spokeswoman for TickPick informed Global News via email on Wednesday that over half of their purchases for the Chris Rock show, which went on sale on February 24, have occurred since the Oscars. After the Oscars, 88 percent of Chris Rock show ticket sales on the site went through in the final week.
Rock is continuing on his “Ego Death” comedy tour, which officially opened on April 2 in New Jersey, and tickets for the premiere performances have already been sold out. Before his tour begins, the comedian will perform six concerts at The Wilbur in Boston, all of which were sold out, according to Ticketmaster.
TickPick initially reported that Chris Rock sold tickets for his Wednesday show and event at the Wilbur Theatre for a range of $50 to $70 before the Oscars. Surprisingly, the cheapest ticket for that show had risen to $518 by Tuesday afternoon. Additionally, tickets for Chris Rock’s upcoming show are still increasing at a very alarming rate.
Chris Rock, who received a standing ovation from the audience, also rejected rumours that he had spoken to Smith since the event. The comedian made his first remarks at Sunday’s Academy Awards after Will Smith struck him in the face on stage for making a joke about Smith’s wife. He told the crowd at his stand-up show in Boston on Wednesday, “What happened doesn’t bother me.” I have a whole show I need to write before this weekend, if you come to hear that. I’m still pretty fresh on what happened. It will be fun and important for me to talk about that one day.
There will be stops on the tour in Las Vegas, Denver, Oakland, Seattle, New York, Chicago, and Toronto, for a total of 38 shows. He will end his tour on November 17 at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles after a show in Atlantic City. Chris will end his tour at the same venue where Will Smith slapped him.
