Chris Rock has stated that he will not speak about Will Smith slapping him at the Oscars until he is paid to do so.

Will stride on stage at the Academy Awards and slap Chris, who was presenting an award, across the face, in the biggest story of the last few weeks — with implications still unfolding.

Chris had just made a joke about Jada Pinkett Smith’s hair, ostensibly unaware that she suffers from alopecia at the moment.

Will has experienced a lot of backlash since the stunning incident on live TV in March, and on Saturday it was confirmed that he would be banned from the Oscars for ten years.

Chris has kept largely silent on the event, only mentioning it briefly during his first stand-up show since the Oscars, where he admitted he was still ‘processing what happened.’

Now, at his most recent stand-up gig for his Ego Death global tour, Chris has brought up the subject once more – but only to say that he won’t go into detail about it until he’s paid for it.

The comic addressed Coachella Valley audiences, according to the local outlet Desert Sun: ‘I’m OK, I have a whole show and I’m not talking about that until I get paid.’

‘Life is good,’ he added.

After the smack, the Madagascar star joked that he finally ‘got my hearing back,’ before returning to his daily routine.

Ticket sales for Chris’ world tour have allegedly increased since the now-famous Oscars performance, yet things haven’t been perfect.

An audience member heckled the comic at a recent event, shouting Will’s name during his performance.

Chris Rock shut it down quickly, however, replying simply: ‘No, no, no, no, no.’

The comedian did not respond to the heckler and went on with his set as usual.

Meanwhile, Will apologised for his behaviour, but it was too little, too late, as the Academy announced a ten-year ban from the event due to the violence.

Smith’s conduct was branded as “unacceptable and harmful” in an open letter from Academy president David Rubin, who announced the news.

He said: ‘The 94th Oscars were meant to be a celebration of the many individuals in our community who did incredible work this past year; however, those moments were overshadowed by the unacceptable and harmful behavior we saw Mr Smith exhibit on stage.’

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