Fans waiting for Chris Rock to talk about Will Smith slapping him at the Academy Awards on Sunday may have been disappointed at his first gig following the incident in Boston on Wednesday night.
In leaked audio from the sold-out show, Rock can be heard saying “I don’t have a bunch of s— to say about that.”
He joked with the crowd that he had written his latest stand-up show well in advance of the Oscars and said “I’m still kind of processing what happened.”
According to an NBC Boston reporter present at the show, Rock received multiple standing ovations. He started out by asking “So, how was your weekend?,” eliciting chuckles from the crowd.
Rock segued into his prepared material by saying “I’m just gonna tell some jokes” and telling the audience that “at some point I’ll talk about that s—”
Since Sunday, secondary market ticket prices for Rock’s comedy tour have surged. In the days following the Oscar incident, StubHub, a ticket exchange and resale website, reported it witnessed 25x the daily sales for Rock’s gigs, surpassing all sales for the comedian’s tour for the whole month of March.