During the Oscars ceremony in March 2022, the King Richard actor walked onto the stage and slapped the comedian after he compared his wife Jada Pinkett Smith - who has the medical condition alopecia - to G.I. Jane. While Rock has avoided speaking about the incident, he reportedly spoke about it while working on material for his upcoming special, Selective Outrage, during a set staged in January. "The thing people want to know... did it hurt? Hell yeah, it hurt.” Rock added: "He played Muhammad Ali! I played Pookie!"