Sunny Hostin Argues Will Smith Can't Be Mad At Chris Rock Jokes

On the heels of Chris Rock’s Selective Outrage particular on Netflix, Sunny Hostin is chiming in to say that Will Smith has NO room to be upset about any of the comic’s feedback!

Reports Say Will Is ‘Embarrassed & Upset’ Over The Chris Rock Special

Hostin’s assertion got here throughout Friday’s episode of The View, and the matter was introduced up whereas the co-hosts have been chit-chatting about latest stories on Will allegedly being scorching and bothered over Chris’ jokes.

When the comedy particular aired, Chris slammed Will and in addition took intention at Jada Pinkett Smith. As a end result, stories started swirling about Will’s supposed response to the particular, together with an Entertainment Tonight article that alleged the actor was “embarrassed and hurt” by Selective Outrage.

In spite of this report, we should always notice that neither Will nor Jada has issued an official public touch upon the scenario.

Sunny Hostin Acknowledges The Speculation: ‘He Wasn’t The One That Got Slapped’

Regarding the rumors about Will not being too keen on Chris Rock: Selective Outrage, in addition to different hypothesis as to how the slap incident might be addressed at this yr’s Academy Awards, Sunny Hostin says Smith simply has to cope with Chris’ responses.

After Sunny notes that Chris’ jokes “felt less retaliatory and more responsive,” Joy Behar identified that Will probably “didn’t think [Chris] was easy on him.”

In flip, Sunny unapologetically identified,

“Well, he wasn’t the one that got slapped.”

Amid viewers applause, Hostin additionally cheekily famous that Chris finally made $40M off of the particular, saying, “I think you could slap me for $40 million.”

“I don’t like violence, but I think you could slap me for $40 million.”

In different phrases, Sunny means that Will can’t be upset now that Chris is taking the time to personally deal with the slapping matter (all whereas making a reasonably penny, too!)