Chris Rock takes a dig at Will Smith's Oscars slap

Chris Rock has recovered from the infamous Oscar

slap incident and now jokes publicly about the controversy.

During a standup set at the Royal Albert Hall in London on Thursday,

the 57-year-old comedian briefly joked about

the protracted impact of Smith's strike at the 94th Academy Awards 2022 on March 27.

Rock, during his new live comedy show,

"Ego Death", said that words don't hurt as much as being hit in the face.

I`m okay if anybody was wondering,"

Rock said, according to People magazine. "Got most of my hearing back."