• iconNews
  • videos
  • entertainment
  • Home
  • News
    • UK News
    • US News
    • Australia
    • Ireland
    • World News
    • Weird News
    • Viral News
    • Sport
    • Technology
    • Science
    • True Crime
    • Travel
  • Entertainment
    • Celebrity
    • TV & Film
    • Netflix
    • Music
    • Gaming
    • TikTok
  • LAD Originals
    • Say Maaate to a Mate
    • Daily Ladness
    • Lad Files
    • UOKM8?
    • FreeToBe
    • Extinct
    • Citizen Reef
  • Advertise
  • Terms
  • Privacy & Cookies
  • LADbible Group
  • UNILAD
  • SPORTbible
  • GAMINGbible
  • Tyla
  • UNILAD Tech
  • FOODbible
  • License Our Content
  • About Us & Contact
  • Jobs
  • Latest
  • Topics A-Z
  • Authors
Facebook
Instagram
X
Threads
Snapchat
TikTok
YouTube

LAD Entertainment

YouTube

LAD Stories

Submit Your Content
People Think Chris Rock Told An Equally Offensive Joke To Jeff Bezos

Home> Entertainment

Updated 16:56 8 Apr 2022 GMT+1Published 16:52 8 Apr 2022 GMT+1

People Think Chris Rock Told An Equally Offensive Joke To Jeff Bezos

The comedian's jab at the Smiths courted plenty of headlines, but another joke from the 2020 Oscars ceremony has now come to light

Tom Fenton

Tom Fenton

After one of his jokes caused a global media storm at this year's Oscars, a clip has resurfaced of Chris Rock brutally mocking Jeff Bezos and his ex-wife from the 2020 academy awards. Have a listen for yourselves:

The comedian was slapped by Will Smith in front of the watching world last month when his joke about Smith's wife - Jada Pinkett Smith - seemingly angered the King Richard star.

However, some people are now claiming that Rock is no stranger to risque jokes and was lucky to avoid similar repercussions following his co-hosting monologue at the 2020 Oscars.

Advert

While introducing the esteemed guests in attendance, the comedian turned his attention to Jeff Bezos, the former world's richest man and founder of Amazon.

Back then, Bezos was fresh out of a long-term partnership with ex-wife MacKenzie Scott, which led Rock to joke about the divorce settlement - and the impact it might have on the businessman's wealth.

Jeff Bezos was the target of Chris Rock's risque jokes back in 2020.
ABC

"Like, Jeff Bezos is so rich, he got divorced and he's still the richest man in the world," Rock joked back in February 2020.

"He saw Marriage Story and thought it was a comedy."

Advert

While the joke did make headlines back then, Bezos was clearly seen laughing at the joke in the audience, meaning he took it pretty well... a huge contrast to Smith's reaction last month, to which the consequences are still being felt today.

A resurfaced clip of the Everybody Hates Chris creator telling his Bezos joke has gone viral over the last few days, accumulating almost 900k likes on TikTok.

Much of the reaction to the upload has been around how calm Bezos remained, despite his very private divorce being brought up by the comic.

"Jeff Bezos is most infamously known for being chill about his divorce," one user replied.

Chris Rock is no stranger to controversial jokes.
Alamy

Advert

According to The Times, Bezos' ex-wife received $38 billion in the divorce settlement, with $4.2bn of that going towards charitable causes.

The billionaire has since began a relationship with media personality Lauren Sanchez, having been married to Scott for 15 years prior.

And in more Bezos-related news, the Amazon-founder is no longer the richest person on the planet - a change that had nothing to do with the divorce settlement amount.

The crown has instead gone to Tesla and Space X chief Elon Musk, who is worth an estimated $280bn as of April 2022.

The South African recently became the majority stakeholder in Twitter, following an ongoing feud with the social media platform over its terms of service.

Advert

Bezos, meanwhile, has maintained a personal wealth of over $200bn. Still not too shabby, I'd say.

Featured Image Credit: ABC

Topics: Chris Rock, Will Smith, Jeff Bezos, Oscars

Tom Fenton
Tom Fenton

Advert

Advert

Advert

Choose your content:

an hour ago
2 hours ago
5 hours ago
6 hours ago
  • an hour ago

    Nicholas Hoult expressed Skins regret after saying filming sex scenes at 17 was ‘weird’

    The Skins star has gone on to star in Superman and various other films - but has one career regret

    Entertainment
  • 2 hours ago

    Gregg Wallace fired from MasterChef but 'cleared of most serious and sensational' accusations

    Gregg Wallace has been fired from MasterChef

    Entertainment
  • 5 hours ago

    Netflix adds Florence Pugh and Andrew Garfield movie where sex scene gone wrong forced cameraman to turn around

    Netflix have added the film, which saw an intimate scene go slightly wrong while filming

    Entertainment
  • 6 hours ago

    Interstellar fans make huge realisation linked to fascinating hidden meaning behind ticking sound

    The film's ticking sound has a secret hidden meaning to it

    Entertainment
  • People baffled by major detail in Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez's leaked wedding invite
  • Jeff Bezos has an intimidating ‘question mark method’ he uses when sending emails
  • Jeff Bezos’ fiancée Lauren Sanchez hits back at people criticising Blue Origin space flight
  • Fans finally worked out meaning behind why Will Smith’s kids are called Jaden and Willow