[Steve_Seattle]

"That was the sound of Chris Rock’s microphone being struck (probably pinned to his jacket lapel)."

I thought of that possibility after I made my post. It's a reasonable explanation. I've seen those pin-on microphones jostled before, and they do make a similar sound, although I don't know if the blow actually hit the microphone or if Rock's sudden movement might have jostled it.

[Bob434]

I heard the “thud” too and it definately didnt sound like a sharp slap,sound would to me. That was the first thing i fact that made me think the whole,thing eas staged-

The fact that there was the lack,of a “slap” sound that didn’t overwhelm the microphone sound when it was hit tells,the story too, there was no hard sharp,skin on skin slap sound it was al. For show.

If he really hits like that, and it wasn’t staged, then Jada has a whimp for a husband and should, probsbly,probably, say to him “don’t defend me anymore, it’s embarrassing”