Chris Rock publicly addresses Oscars incident for the first time

Will Smith breaking character to walk on stage to slap comedian Chris Rock  has completely changed the way we see celebrities in Hollywood.

Seeing celebrities as humans and allowing them to be their authentic selves is about to become a thing.

On Wednesday night,  Rock made an emotional return to the stage for the first time since the viral slap.

Rock also made his first public remarks about the incident. In his first of two shows, he was greeted by the audience at Boston’s Wilbur Theater with two back-to-back standing ovations, lasting several minutes.

“Let me be all misty and s***,” Rock said with tears in his eyes, gesturing to the crowd’s warm response.

“How was your weekend?” he quipped, to which the audience responded with laughter.

“I don’t have a bunch of s*** about what happened, so if you came to hear that, I had like a whole show I wrote before this weekend. And I’m still kind of processing what happened, so at some point I’ll talk about that s***. And it’ll be serious and it’ll be funny, but right now I’m going to tell some jokes.”

Coincidentally, but then again NOTHING IS A COINCIDENCE when it comes to The Universe, The comedians current tour is called the “Ego Death Tour.” ….

A guest who attended the show, told CNN she could tell Rock was moved by the audience reception.

“The crowd just went crazy when he came on stage,” she said. “They were really happy to see him and support him.”

Another concertgoer told CNN that Rock put on a good show, quickly moving past the Oscars in his set.

“Didn’t seem like he wanted to talk about it, which didn’t really bother us since he was so entertaining he didn’t need to.”

Rock returned to the stage for a second show about an hour later. He was greeted with a standing ovation once again.

“I wrote a show before all this nonsense happened,” Rock said.

He reiterated that he plans to talk about the incident at the Oscars in more detail at some point.

Then, seemingly in reference to whether he’s spoken with Smith since the weekend’s events, Rock said, “I haven’t talked to anyone, despite what you heard.”

In a statement released on Wednesday, the Academy said that Smith was asked to leave the ceremony after the altercation “and refused.” The Academy said it recognizes “we could have handled the situation differently.”