Chris Rock Cashing In on Will Smith Slap

For the past few weeks Chris Rock has steadfastly refused to talk about being slapped by Will Smith at the Academy Awards in his sold out comedy tour [click here if you missed that]. 

Apparently Chris is trying to secure the bag first...

According to reports Chris told his audience in Indio, CA on Friday,

"I'm OK, I have a whole show, and I'm not talking about that until I get paid. Life is good. I got my hearing back."

Will Smith, who won the Oscar for Best Actor, has been banned from the Academy Awards for ten years for slapping Chris Rock, during the live broadcast, for making a joke about Jada Pinkett-Smith [click here if you missed that].