The comedian Chris Rock, known in the last year for the controversial slap that Will Smith gave him at the last Oscars gala, has used his new Netflix special, Selective Outrage, to comment on the British royal family and Meghan Markle . The comedian has taken on stage the statements that Markle made in the popular interview that he gave to Oprah Winfrey in 2021. In this televised conversation, Meghan Markle and Prince Harry revealed, among other things, that in the British royal house there was some curiosity to see how dark her son Archie’s skin was going to be.
On the other hand, during the special, the comedian also joked about Will Smith’s controversial slap at the Oscars almost a year later. Near the end of his monologue, Chris Rock spoke further about the Oscars, saying that he “is not a victim; you’ll never see me on Oprah or Gayle, crying. You’ll never see it. It will never happen” and ended by joking that he was “slapped by Suge Smith”, a reference to Marion ‘Suge’ Knight, the owner of Death Row Records known for his tough character.
This weekend Netflix has published the special of the comedian Chris Rock, just one year after his incident with Will Smith while presenting the Oscars gala. The comedian’s special has caused controversy on social networks for making jokes about the interview that Meghan Markle and Prince Harry gave Oprah Winfrey in 2021.
The comedian has emptied himself talking about the British royal family in his special. In this sense, some followers have expressed their discomfort at the jokes that Chris Rock has told on stage and have accused the American of racism and sexism. And they have criticized him as insensitive to use slavery as a joke and make light remarks about the role of the royal family in it.
In this conversation Markle stated that within the British royal house there were “concerns and conversations about how dark” her son Archie’s skin would be “when he is born.” Later, in an interview promoting his book Spare, Prince Harry was asked if he considered the baby incident “essentially racist”, and the prince evasively said he would not describe the incident as such, “not having lived within that family.”
However, Rock had no qualms about calling the royal family racist in his special and has opined that Meghan “behaved like a fool who knew nothing.” “Going to Oprah: ‘I didn’t know, I had no idea how racist they were.’ It’s the royal family! Didn’t you google that family? What the hell is she talking about, I didn’t know?” joked the comedian remembering the slave-owning past of the British royal family.
Chris Rock has mocked the royal family, calling them the “inventors of racism” and has claimed things like they had invested in slavery like he was “Shark Tank”. Chris Rock has also stated that the “shit” Meghan Markle went through was not necessarily racism, but “in-laws shit”.
In addition, the comedian has also mocked Meghan Markle, describing her as a “complaining good lady” and suggesting that she had no right to complain about the royal family’s racist attitudes due to her “light skin lottery.” He also suggested that if a black person wanted to be accepted by her white in-laws, they should marry a Kardashian, since “they accept everyone.” “Kris Jenner is like the Statue of Liberty,” the comedian has compared.
The American has also talked about one of the great moments of 2022: the slap that actor Will Smith gave him at the Oscars. “I got punched at the fucking Oscars by Will Smith. And people wonder if he hurt me. It still hurts,” Rock said. He has also pointed out Smith’s size difference in comparison to him, and has mocked the actor for the “stuff” drama he starred in with his wife Jada, and the Red Table Talk episode they did together.
