Will Smith and Chris Rock beef explained

CHRIS Rock's feud with Will Smith resulted in the infamous slap at the 2022 Oscars ceremony.

The King Richard star confronted the Amsterdam actor when the former compared Jada Pinkett's shaven head to Demi Moore's appearance in G.I. Jane.

Will Smith and Chris Rock beef explained

Chris and Jada

Previously, Jada Pinkett revealed Chris Rock tried to pursue a relationship with her even though she's married to Will Smith.

At the time, rumors were circulating that Jada and Will were divorcing.

"I think every summer all the reports would come out that me and Will were getting a divorce," the Matrix actress recalled to .

"And this particular summer, Chris, he thought that we were getting a divorce.

"So he called me and basically he was like, 'I’d love to take you out.'

"And I was like, 'What do you mean?' He was like, 'Well, aren’t you and Will getting a divorce?'

"I was like, 'No. Chris, those are just rumors.' He was appalled."

She added: "And he profusely apologized and that was that."

Chris was married to Malaak Compton, with whom his divorce was finalized on August 22, 2016.

Following their split, Chris admitted to infidelity in their relationship.

"When guys cheat, it's like we want something new," Chris said during his 2018 Netflix special, Tamborine.

"Some of these lessons you've just got to learn. Like, I brought this sh*t on myself."

He continued: "Nobody told me to go ho up."

The first Madagascar film was released in 2005, with the third in the series hitting screens in 2012.

The 2016 Oscars

Will and Chris first worked together in the 1990s on an episode of the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.

The two seemingly maintained a friendly relationship throughout the years, as Chris stated in 2009 that he would not make "Will Smith jokes."

"(Obama's) just one of those guys, you know, like Will Smith," he said at the time.

"There's no Will Smith jokes. There's no Brad Pitt jokes," he added.

In 2016, Chris hosted that year's Oscars ceremony.

Before the event, Jada announced that she would not attend due to a lack of diversity.

During his monologue, Chris took to the stage and joked: "Jada said she's not coming, protest."

He continued: "Jada boycotting the Oscars is like me boycotting Rihanna's panties. I wasn't invited!"

Chris brought Will into things, adding: "It's not fair that Will was this good and didn't get nominated.

"It's also not fair that Will was paid $20million for 'Wild Wild West,' OK?"

Jada's Response

"It comes with the territory," Jada said to the abovementioned outlet.

"We got to keep it moving; there's a lot of stuff we got to handle, a lot of stuff in our world right now. We got to keep it moving."

While promoting her book Worthy, she reflected on the incident and commented: "I talk about this in the book, I think that there might be some misunderstanding between Chris and I as far as the 2016 Oscars.

"I think that he might've taken offense, which I meant no harm in offending.

"That wasn't my intention but I do think that there's a big misunderstanding there.

"[Do I have] any desire to talk to Chris? Here's my desire...I just hope that all the misunderstandings around this can be cleared up and that there can be peace."

The 2022 Oscars

When Chris took the stage at the 2022 Oscars, he made another Jada-related joke.

"Jada, I love you, GI Jane 2; I can't wait to see it," he said, referencing the actress's shaved head.

Following his comment, the camera panned to Jada, who did not look pleased.

Will stood up from his seat and walked onto the stage, slapping Chris across the face.

The audio and video feed in the United States was cut for several seconds during the incident.

After the confrontation, Chris said to the crowd: "Will Smith just smacked the sh*t out of me."

In return, Will shouted, "Leave my wife's name out of your f**king mouth."

In 2018, Jada confessed she suffers from alopecia; a disease resulting in rapid hair loss.

Will's Apology

Following the ceremony, Chris Rock refused to press charges against Will Smith.