The producer has talked about it. He thought..like everyone else...that it was a bit...until Will got to his seat and was cursing Rock out.
Rock was clearly shook up. My guess is he is going to sue or at least leaving the door open.. and is taking lawyers advice to not say anything right now.
Here is a Wayans imitating Rock and getting beat up back in the 90s
https://twitter.com/michaelmoody__/status/1509221072679415813
Btw..here is Tony Rock talking about the incident.
And you can see the reason for The reaction from Chris. He has a lot to lose and you better believe that was going through his head
Nobody has asked anyone involved to confirm or deny that the event was staged.