Leslie Jones, a lifelong friend of Chris Rock, has revealed the comedian needed to seek out counselling after Will Smith slapped him at the Academy Awards ceremony in 2022 for making a joke about his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith.
Jones made the admission to People while promoting her new memoir, in which Rock penned the foreword. Additionally, she spoke of the long-term effects of being assaulted by Smith in front of millions.
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