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Six years may have passed before Will Smith slapped Chris Rock at the Oscars.

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Chris Rock and actor Will Smith attend Nickelodeon's 23rd Annual Kids' Choice Awards in 2010.Kevin Mazur/KCA2010/WireImage
  • Chris Rock said he would let people walk over him because he was scared to get angry.

  • At the Oscars on Sunday, Will Smith confronted Rock after the comedian made a joke about his wife.

  • After being hit by Smith, Rock recovered with a joke, saying the moment became the greatest night in television.

Chris Rock said he let people walk over him since he was a child and that his therapist told him he was scared of his anger.

In a January 12 episode of "Fly on The Wall", Rock talked about how he was bullied as a child, especially being bussed to a predominantly white background.

It was rough, and Rock had a weird temper. I was the oldest of seven and I was smaller than my brothers.

Rock said someone pushed him around and disrespected him so much that he hit him with a brick in his book bag.

I went home and put a brick in a book bag and stomped on the guy who was hit in the face with the brick.

The comedian said his therapist said that Rock's demeanor has changed since the incident.

Rock said that you have been scared and angry ever since, and that the guy you saw was bending over backwards to be nice.

Rock's therapist told him that he had to get over the incident because he was a nice guy and he was scared of something coming out of him again.

Rock recalled his therapist telling him that there was a force field and that everybody just fucks you over.

The comedian said he has been processing his emotions for a year and now can get angry.

He said that he was not scared of letting people know how he felt about certain things.

Rock made a joke about Jada Pinkett- Smith's hair at the Oscars, but he was confronted by Will Smith. Pinkett- Smith has spoken out about her hair loss.

In response to the jab, Smith walked across the stage to Rock, who was presenting the award for Best Documentary, and hit him. Will Smith just hit me.

After taking his seat, Smith yelled to Rock to keep his wife's name out of his mouth, to which Rock obliged and joked about the moment becoming the greatest night in the history of television.

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On Monday, the Academy said it doesn't condone violence of any kind, and that it was launching a formal review into the confrontation, as well as exploring further action and consequences.

Rock did not file a police report after the incident, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.

Smith apologized on Monday for his behavior at the awards show.

The joke about Jada's medical condition was too much for Smith to bear and he apologized. I was wrong and I was out of line.

He said that his actions were not indicative of the man he wanted to be.

The actor who won for his role as Richard Williams, the father of tennis stars Venus and Serena Williams, apologized to the Academy, the event's producers, the audience both in the theater and at home.

Smith said that his behavior has stained what has been a beautiful journey for all of us.

The original article can be found on Insider.

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