“Chris wasn’t … he wasn’t up to perform.
He was still a little shook from the event,” Seinfeld said.
“But that was what the scene was going to be.
Chris Rock and Will Smith at the Oscars.Myung Chun / Los Angeles Times via Getty
But Cedric saved the day.”
“Without the Will Smith thing, I think it’s funny,” Carvey said.
“It’s just sort of, there’s still kind of a residual darkness around that moment.”
Cedric the Entertainer in ‘Unfrosted’.John P. Johnson / Netflix
Seinfeld was uncertain about how it would have played out.
“Yeah, isn’t that what we’re attracted to more than anything?
“I don’t know if it would have worked.”
Jerry Seinfeld and Chris Rock.Emma McIntyre/Getty; Gregg DeGuire/WireImage
“you’ve got the option to always trim it.
Always get the shot.”
Representatives for Rock did not respond toEntertainment Weekly’s request for comment.
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“He’s in movies with his shirt off.
If I’m in a movie getting open heart surgery, I got on a sweater.
He trained and playedMuhammad Ali, I played Pookie inNew Jack City.We are not the same!”
Rock said toward the end of his set.
“Even in animated movies, I’m a zebra, he’s a f—ing shark.”
