Will Smith 'lied' about reaching out to Chris Rock.

Will Smith 'lied' about reaching out to Chris Rock.

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Tony Rock claims that Will Smith lied about contacting his brother Chris Rock after the infamous slap event at the Oscars in 2022.

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Tony spoke up after his name was included in Will Smith's video apology to Chris Rock.

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Will Smith went on to explain that he attempted to contact Rock but received no answer.

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[{"selector":"#anim-d6d7203d-1009-4a96-ac55-b1e376f42df3","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":4000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-b94a3d07-219c-4a95-816a-57034f9df36a","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":5000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-2626f5e2-3eda-4d27-ac54-e48f6d0c727e","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0px, 173.45689%, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":5000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] "That wasn't true, that wasn't true," Rock declared on the radio. "I believe he said two nights later, 'I reached out to Chris, and he didn't want to talk.'" That was not the case." During a recent interview on BigBoyTV, Rock refuted Smith's claims that he called the comic to apologize a few days after the incident. Sunday marked the debut of the new superteam for New York.