Taken from JRE #1954 w/Bert Kreischer:
https://open.spotify.com/episode/558tzLYcU1c1BXWC6waJAQ?si=ae52a1b59e8a4e32

I could never do what Chris Rock did with the live shit.

The live one's an interesting choice because Louis did a similar thing.

Louis did it live on his website and then he's gonna release a full edited version of the set.

And then I guess that's exactly what Chris is doing.

He released it in the full edit it the shit about Will Smith was Yes, yeah Ruthless it's just like Imagine you know in life you play chess you move pieces around you say I do this and the counter would be that yeah Imagine the thought like I'm just gonna slap Chris Rock 1 of the greatest stand-up comedians of all time It's not like he's gonna tear my very vulnerable life apart after I smack him with some of the best comedy that anybody's ever written, and he's gonna hone it over a year before he releases it.

Like, what a terrible, unprovoked attack.

To be that person who's publicly loved, you know, like Will Smith was, until that moment.

I mean, until that moment, nobody really had a bad thing to say about, maybe he didn't like 1 movie, or maybe he thought the superhero movie was dumb, but everybody loved that guy.

But Those 2, keep my wife's name out your fucking mouth.

If he just slapped Chris Rock and then sat down and didn't say anything.

It would kind of Drift off and people would forget about they would think and they would say to Chris was that on purpose.

Then he would have but he would have skated But we can't I'm so I'm not happy that it happened, but I'm happy the way it happened because When I was trying to explain to someone who's not involved in show business how bizarre the industry is, and how, like, untethered those people are to either morals or ethics or just the reality of human nature.

They are completely connected to the zeitgeist in terms of what's popular and what's trendy and what's accepted by our group And what's rejected by our group that no 1 has I mean not no 1 But in general the the mindset of the people in Hollywood.

There's no there's very little independent thought It's all groupthink so when Will Smith after smacking Chris Rock and all that other craziness Goes on stage and wins the Academy Award and gets a fucking standing ovation That was like that's those people.

That's that's this they don't know what to do They don't have the ability to say hey, that's not right I don't care if you're famous.

I don't care if you just won the Oscar you can't assault people Well, you did is ridiculous.

It didn't even make sense It wasn't even proportionate to what he said it wasn't like you you Overreacted in such a strange way.

I have to wonder are you okay like what the fuck is wrong with you?

They went to the Vanity Fair party, he was dancing.

It was almost like it all went away until the rest of the world was like, are you out of your fucking mind?

That is crazy that it did not get acknowledged at all and then I guess, Do


Speaker 0: The Jorogun Experience

Speaker 1: I could never do what Chris Rock did with the live shit. I would be fucking dead in the water.

Speaker 0: The live one's an interesting choice because Louis did a similar thing. Louis did it live on his website and then he's gonna release a full edited version of the set. And then I guess that's exactly what Chris is doing. He released it in the full edit it the shit about Will Smith was Yes, yeah Ruthless it's just like Imagine you know in life you play chess you move pieces around you say I do this and the counter would be that yeah Imagine the thought like I'm just gonna slap Chris Rock 1 of the greatest stand-up comedians of all time It's not like he's gonna tear my very vulnerable life apart after I smack him with some of the best comedy that anybody's ever written, and he's gonna hone it over a year before he releases it. Yeah.

Like, what a terrible, unprovoked attack. What a dumb thing to do. To be that person who's publicly loved, you know, like Will Smith was, until that moment. I mean, until that moment, nobody really had a bad thing to say about, maybe he didn't like 1 movie, or maybe he thought the superhero movie was dumb, but everybody loved that guy.

Speaker 1: I loved the superhero.

Speaker 0: Everybody loved that guy.

Speaker 1: I loved Will. I love Will. I still love Will.

Speaker 0: But Those 2, keep my wife's name out your fucking mouth. Those 2 are what sunk him. If he just slapped Chris Rock and then sat down and didn't say anything.

Speaker 2: People would think it was a joke.

Speaker 0: They wouldn't know what to do. Yeah. It would kind of Drift off and people would forget about they would think and they would say to Chris was that on purpose. Did you guys plan that? Then he would have but he would have skated But we can't I'm so I'm not happy that it happened, but I'm happy the way it happened because When I was trying to explain to someone who's not involved in show business how bizarre the industry is, and how, like, untethered those people are to either morals or ethics or just the reality of human nature.

They are completely connected to the zeitgeist in terms of what's popular and what's trendy and what's accepted by our group And what's rejected by our group that no 1 has I mean not no 1 But in general the the mindset of the people in Hollywood. There's no there's very little independent thought It's all groupthink so when Will Smith after smacking Chris Rock and all that other craziness Goes on stage and wins the Academy Award and gets a fucking standing ovation That was like that's those people. That's that's this they don't know what to do They don't have the ability to say hey, that's not right I don't care if you're famous. I don't care if you just won the Oscar you can't assault people Well, you did is ridiculous. The way you're behaving is crazy.

It didn't even make sense It wasn't even proportionate to what he said it wasn't like you you Overreacted in such a strange way. I have to wonder are you okay like what the fuck is wrong with you? Yeah, no 1 did that they all like yes. It was amazing. They went to the Vanity Fair party, he was dancing.

It was almost like it all went away until the rest of the world was like, are you out of your fucking mind? What is wrong with you?

Speaker 2: That is crazy that it did not get acknowledged at all and then I guess, Do

See all PowerfulJRE transcripts on Youtube

Chris Rock Responding to Will Smith Slap in New Special