Chris Rock jokes he’s finally got most of his ‘hearing back’ after being slapped by Will Smith

Chris Rock has joked with fans that he finally has ‘most of my hearing back’ after being slapped by Will Smith at the Oscars. 

The funnyman, 57, appeared on stage Thursday at the Royal Albert Hall in London, as part of his Ego Death comedy tour.

Teasing the 5,000 ticketholders who were anticipating an array of Smith jokes, he opened the show saying: ‘I’m okay, if anyone was wondering… I got most of my hearing back,’ The Times of London reported.

The audience was soon left disappointed as Rock continued: ‘People expect me to talk about the bulls**t, I’m not going to talk about it right now.’ 

Smith, 53, had brutally smacked Rock at the Oscars in March after the comedian told a joke about the actor’s wife Jada Pinkett-Smith. 

Rock made a GI Jane joke, referencing Pinkett-Smith’s…