Have Will Smith and Chris Rock reconciled?

Superstars Will Smith and Chris Rock are reportedly at peace with each after the infamous Oscars slap incident from 2022.

Speaking to The Mirror US, comedian Cedric The Entertainer, a mutual friend of Chris Rock and Will Smith, said the assault highlighted the deeply personal nature of the animosity between the two stars, which had been fueled by years of taunts from Rock regarding Smith's marriage. 

“But the thing about when something personal happens, and I always say a smack is more personal than a punch,” the comedian said. “And so when someone smacks a person, you realise that something is very personal happening there. And that's what we didn't know as an audience."

He continued: "We only saw the result and then decided it was something. And that's what I was confident on. I was confident both of them understood what was happening at that moment and they got to get through it. And then we just saw a thing and we all reacted.

"But both Chris and Will are able to, in hindsight, realise ‘we’ve both crossed the line and like, you know what, you good, my man? Thank you. And we'll get through it.’ And that's the thing about life, man, we can react and we can look at things and then we turn ourselves into these all knowing of a situation because we watched it and thought we knew exactly what happened. That's not true."