Chris Rock, Fresh Off Oscar Incident, Comes To Mohegan Sun

UNCASVILLE, CT — Comedian Chris Rock will play Mohegan Sun in June as part of his Ego Death Tour. Rock, 57, was in the news recently when Will Smith slapped him at the Academy Awards on Sunday.

Interest in tickets for Rock's shows has surged. Online ticket broker TickPick posted in a tweet that ticket sales for the Chicago shows were higher after the slap and into Monday than in the previous month combined.

Tickets for the Mohegan Sun show June 3 range from $79 to $119. Rock is an award-winning actor, director, producer, and writer. He recently wrapped production on the upcoming Higher Ground produced biopic, Rustin.

Rock, who hosted the Academy Awards, was slapped by Smith in a moment that immediately went viral after the comedian made a joke about Smith's wife, Jada Pinkett Smith. Will Smith also won the Oscar for Best Actor for his portrayal of Richard Williams in the film "King Richard."

Smith has apologized to Rock, who has elected not to press charges following the incident in which Smith's behavior was widely criticized.

Rock's first performance since the Oscars was at The Wilbur Theater in Boston. Someone yelled "f--k Will Smith" during the second night of Rock's stand-up comedy run Thursday. Rock responded "no, no, no," adding that he was "still processing" being slapped by Smith and he would talk about it at "some point," according to The New York Post.

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