Chris Rock has been mocking Jada Pinkett Smith for 25 years

The Daily Beast

The Daily Beast has unearthed a clip from an October 1997 episode of HBO's The Chris Rock Show -- two months after G.I. Jane was released and two months before Will Smith married Jada Pinkett -- in which he made a joke at her expense while discussing the Million Women March. “You know, at the Million Women March, there were moving speeches from people like Maxine Waters, Winnie Mandela, and here are some inspirational words from the lovely Jada Pinkett," Rock joked. Rock proceeds to cut to a clip of a young Jada Pinkett at the march, with a fake Jada yelling “Burn motherf*cker, burn!” So Rock's joke at Sunday's Oscars wasn't the first or second time he mocked her. As previously pointed out, he roasted her in his 2016 Oscars monologue.

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• FCC received an onslaught of complaints over Will Smith's attack on Chris Rock: "Millions of people just watched Will Smith open hand slap Chris Rock on the academy awards and should be banned charged with assault," wrote one viewer. "This teaches people that violence is ok. Academy awards is a family show this is unacceptable. Ban will smith from ever attending again." Another added: "Will Smith was allowed to be broadcast hitting someone and cussing on live TV. Definitely not something that is considered family friendly if I was watching the Oscar's with my children. Will Smith should be fined for his atrocities."
• Chris Rock was not asked if he thought Will Smith should be kicked out over Oscar slap: “No one ever asked Chris if Will should leave. They never consulted him. It was the Oscars producer Will Packer who made the final decision to let Will stay,” an insider tells Page Six, which adds that the comedian was greeted by producers and LAPD officers when he walked off stage. Rock has declined to press charges against Smith.
• Oscars producer Will Packer is scheduled to talk about The Slap Friday on Good Morning America
• George Wallace says Chris Rock should have "candy a**" Will Smith arrested: "I think he should sue him and press charges and go visit him in jail and say ‘Thank you,'" the comedian said on CNN.
• Marc Maron on The Slap: "It was the most profound display of self-sabotage I've ever seen. The whole thing was disturbing"
• Shaquille O’Neal jokingly threatens to  "Will Smith" Charles Barley on TNT