Comedian Chris Rock, in his first public comments since he was slapped in the face by actor Will Smith at the Oscars on Sunday, said he is "still processing" the incident that made headlines around the world.
"How was YOUR weekend?" Rock asked on Wednesday night of a sold-out crowd at Boston's Wilbur Theatre. He made it clear from the onset he did not plan to address the Oscars incident at length.
"I'm still processing what happened, so at some point I'll talk about that s***," Rock told the crowd. "It'll be serious. It'll be funny, but right now I'm going to tell some jokes."
Rock, 57, received a standing ovation from the Boston crowd.
"Let me be all misty and s***," he said, with tears in his eyes. "I don't have a bunch of s*** to say about that, so if you came here for that...' he said, and paused. "I had written a whole show before this weekend."
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Perhaps Rock's biggest revelation was his plan to get a vasectomy next week. He joked that he made his decision after seeing 78-year-old actor Robert De Niro drop off his 11-year-old daughter at school.
"I've already seen Hannah Montana once and that was enough," Rock quipped.
At Sunday's Academy Awards, Rock was on stage to present the trophy for best documentary. He made a joke about Smith's wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, that referenced the 1997 film "G.I. Jane" in which actress Demi Moore shaved her head.
It was unclear whether Rock was aware that Pinkett Smith has a condition that causes hair loss.
Will Smith strode onto the stage and slapped Rock before winning best actor less than an hour later. The actor apologized to Rock and the academy in a statement on Monday.
