Chris Rock consoled by A-list pals after Will Smith slap at Oscars 2022

With Oscars attendees still reeling from Will Smith’s on stage assault, Chris Rock appeared “unfazed” but had stars “lined up to console him”.

Chris Rock was consoled by fellow comics Wanda Sykes and Sacha Baron Cohen at a glitzy party after Will Smith slapped him during the Oscars yesterday.

Guests at music manager Guy Oseary’s house said Rock was composed as he was approached by a host of stunned A-listers offering their support.

One spy said, “Chris was very calm, there was a lot of love for him at that party.

“Wanda Sykes was his wingman for the night. He was sitting at Guy’s dining table, and people lined up to console him and offer support.”

We’re told Rock — who set Smith off when he made an alopecia joke at the expense of his wife Jada Pinkett Smith — also hung out with Woody Harrelson and Sacha Baron Cohen, who “told him that what happened was completely wrong.”

“Comics at the Oscars are expected to poke fun at the guests — that’s what happens. What about Ricky Gervais at the Golden Globes — he skewered the entire room, he could have been punched by dozens of people — but that didn’t happen.”

The source continued that the LAPD called Rock’s management team to ask if he wanted to file a police report, but, “he didn’t want to hear of it.”

However, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has now launched a formal review into the incident, saying it “condemns the actions of Mr Smith at last night’s show”.

In a statement released following the shocking moment, the organisation stated that it was going to “explore further action and consequences in accordance with our Bylaws, Standards of Conduct and California law”.

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The infamous slap. Picture: Robyn Beck/AFP

Page Six spies added that Rock appeared “unfazed” by the incident as he hung out with friends at the afterparty, who rallied around him to make sure “things didn’t get weird” if Smith also showed up at the same event.

“You wouldn’t really know anything had happened,” an insider said, adding that Rock was “hanging out, happy” and having a good time.

“He was talking about it, just saying it was crazy, but it didn’t seem to be bothering him at all.”

Rock later attended an afterparty where he was surrounded by A-list friends offering support. Picture: Handout/A.M.P.A.S. via Getty Images

Rock even posed for pictures with Harrelson, Robert De Niro, and Oseary. The Instagram post was liked by a host of prominent people, many who wrote #teamchrisrock.

The source added the astonishing incident was “the talk of the party,” adding it was all the more surprising because Rock produced the 2009 documentary Good Hair about Black-American women’s hair and the pressure to have “good hair.”

Yet Rock remained unfazed and stayed at the starry bash until well past 2:30am. Smith, meanwhile, partied at the Vanity Fair bash.

Comics such as Wanda Sykes threw their support around Chris Rock. Picture: Neilson Barnard/Getty Images/AFP

Sacha Baron Cohen also rallied around Rock at the afterparty. Picture: AFP PHOTO / JEAN-BAPTISTE LACROIX

A second source added, “There was some concern that Will Smith would show up at Guy’s party, and there was a discussion about what to do to keep them apart. Thankfully Will didn’t show up.

“Will and Chris didn’t get to clear the air after the incident – Chris left the Oscars ceremony immediately and went to Guy Oseary’s house.”

However, Sean “Diddy” Combs told Page Six the two had worked out their issues following the telecast.

“It’s all love,” he told us. “They’re brothers.”

Also spotted at Oseary’s bash were Taylor Swift, Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert Pattinson, Billie Eilish, Zoë Kravitz, Shawn Mendes, Penélope Cruz and Javier Bardem, Andrew Garfield, Olivia Colman, Jason Momoa, Amy Schumer, Jessica Chastain, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Peter Sarsgaard.

Plus, Pedro Almodovar, Rita Ora, Taika Waititi, Larry David, Trevor Noah, Janelle Monae, Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis, Anya Taylor-Joy, Sienna Miller, Cooper Hoffman, Alana Haim, Elliot Page and John Leguizamo.

This article originally appeared in the New York Post and was reproduced with permission.