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Chris Rock publicly addresses Oscars incident for the first time
By Chloe Melas.

Chris Rock made an emotional return to the stage on Wednesday night for the first time since Will Smith slapped him at the Academy Awards.

Rock made his first public remarks about the incident. In his first of two shows, he was greeted by the audience at Boston's Wilbur Theater with two back-to-back standing ovations, lasting several minutes.

"Let me be all misty and s***," Rock said with tears in his eyes, gesturing to the crowd's warm response.

"How was your weekend?" he quipped, to which the audience responded with laughter.

"I don't have a bunch of s*** about what happened, so if you came to hear that, I had like a whole show I wrote before this weekend. And I'm still kind of processing what happened, so at some point I'll talk about that s***. And it'll be serious and it'll be funny, but right now I'm going to tell some jokes."

The comedian, currently on his "Ego Death Tour," then continued his performance.

Marsha Paul, who attended the show, told CNN she could tell Rock was moved by the audience reception.

"The crowd just went crazy when he came on stage," she said. "They were really happy to see him and support him."

Another concertgoer told CNN that Rock put on a good show, quickly moving past the Oscars in his set.

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