the comedian chris rock has now broken his public silence after will smith slapped him on stage at the academy awards. cnn has obtained audio from his first stand-up show since then in boston last night. came to a massive round of applause. joked that the audience is trying to get him choked up. here s what he said to the crowd. how was your weekend? i don t have a bunch of [ bleep ] about what happened, so if you came to hear that, i m not, i have a whole show i wrote before this weekend and i m still kind of processing what happened, like, i m, so at some point i ll
bad situation worse. reporter: packer praised rock for how he handled the situation. did he save the show? i think he did. i think he did. he certainly saved what was left of it at that point. chris handled the moment with such grace and aplomb. reporter: rock told fans during his stand up show in boston this week he s still processing what happened. thursday he faced a heckler who yelled f will smith. according to people rock repeatedly told the audience member no. the academy says they re going to have consequences for will smith s actions and that they re going to announce that around april 18th. so what could that mean? it could mean the academy bans will smith from attending the oscars ever again. now the fact will smith has resigned means he can no longer be a voting member in the academy so he can t vote in
entertainment industry. actor bruce willis steps away from acting because of a health condition and what chris rock said at his stand-up show last night about getting slapped onstage at the oscars in front of an international audience by will smith. as we said, a lot to get to. let s dive right in. u.s. intelligence officials determined vladimir putin is being misinformed by his advisers about russia s military struggles in ukraine. a u.s. official provided nbc news with declassified intelligence claiming there is persistent tension between putin and his ministry of defense. that s because some senior advisers too afraid to tell him the truth about russia s failures in ukraine. u.s. officials believe putin has been getting incomplete or overly optimistic reports about the status of russian troops, creating a mistrust between putin and his military leaders. officials told the new york
as they were talking, chris was he was being very dismissive of those options. he was like, no, i m fine. reporter: the academy of motion pictures arts and sciences released a statement earlier this week, stating that they asked smith to leave, and he refused. a source telling cnn that academy leaders had told smith s publicist to deliver the message to the actor. now packer is saying chris rock did not want smith removed from the show. they were about to physically remove will smith. i said, rock has made it clear that he does not want to make a bad situation worse. reporter: packer praised rock for how he handled the situation. did he save the show that night? i think he did. i think he did. he certainly saved what was left of it at that point. chris handled the moment with such grace and aplomb. reporter: rock told fans during his stand-up show in boston this week that he s still
him. as he was talking, chris was being very dismissive of those options like no i m fine. reporter: academy of picture arts and sciences released a statement this week saying they asked smith to leave and he refused, academy leaders told smith s publicist to deliver the message to the actor. now smchris rock saying he did t want smith removed from the show. they were going to remove will smith, i said rock has made it clear, he does not want to make a bad situation worse. reporter: packer praised rock for how he handled the situation. did he save the show that night? i think he did. he certainly saved what was left of it, at that point. chris handled the moment with such grace. reporter: rock told fans during his stand-up show in boston this week that he s still processing what happened. so, that s some [ bleep ].