Chris Rock says he watched Will Smith's latest film 'Emancipation' to see him get 'whipped': report

• Chris Rock reportedly said he watched Will Smith's film "Emancipation" to watch the actor get "whipped."
• Multiple outlets reported that Rock made the comment as a joke during a February show in Baltimore.

Nearly a year after "Slapgate," fallout from the incident continues.

Comedian Chris Rock took the stage at Baltimore's Hippodrome Theatre on February 17 to deliver some caustic new jokes about Will Smith, The Baltimore Sun first reported.

The material is the latest drama between Rock and Smith, which started when Smith slapped the comedian during the 2022 Oscars.

"The other day, I watched 'Emancipation' just so I could watch him getting whipped," Rock reportedly said, referring to the 2022 film in which Smith stars as a slave named Peter who fled a Louisiana plantation.

Rock's reported comments were made during his "Ego Death World Tour." According to the New York Post, Rock has been testing new material in the lead-up to his Netflix special, "Chris Rock: Selective Outrage," which will be the platform's first-ever live-streamed program. It airs Saturday, March 4, at 10 p.m. ET.

The special's title itself appears to be a reference to Smith. Per Decider, Rock told the crowd at his Baltimore show that "Will Smith practices selective outrage," and that "people who are in the know, know that shit had nothing to do with me."

Representatives for Rock did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.

Smith has said that the slap — which happened after Rock joked about Jada Pinkett Smith's bald head — was the result of a bottled-up "rage."

While Smith issued an apology to Rock in a YouTube video posted in July, Rock hasn't released a formal statement regarding the incident — and people are speculating that he's saving the bulk of his commentary for the upcoming Netflix special.