Chris Rock is going into detail about the end of his marriage, admitting he wasn’t the best husband and took accountability for mistakes he made in the relationship.
During a recent interview with GQ, the 61-year-old comedian shared that there were many factors that caused the divorce, noting he cheated and was addicted to pornography during his marriage.
“I was not a great husband,” he admitted. “I watched a lot of porn. I dont watch porn anymore. I havent watched porn in five, six years.”
He also admitted to cheating on his wife, noting, “Its not anything Im proud of, but its something I had to go through.”
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The comedian compared himself to a character in a Marvel movie who “has to test his powers” and see how far they can push things before they eventually “crash down.”
“Every Marvel movie, man or woman, they have to test their powers,” he said. “Theyre a- -holes. They get these powers and theyre a- -holes, and theyre racing trains and theyre lifting up ocean liners and they try to go to the sun, then they crash down because they realize theyre not God. And then they start helping people.”
He explained that he “tested my powers” during his marriage by cheating on his wife, noting he “was severely humbled” when he realized he definitely “wasn’t God or anywhere near him.”
Rock was married to Malaak Compton-Rock for nearly 20 years. They tied the knot in 1996, separated in 2014 and finalized their divorce in 2016. They share two children together, daughters, Lola and Zahra.
The actor recently directed the film, “Misty Green,” the first movie he has directed in 12 years, the last one being 2014’s “Top Five.” He explained that some of the reason behind that is that he got divorced.
“Nobody has a successful divorce, so that takes time,” he said. “Then once its done, okay, youre not sitting on the money you had before, so now you got to really make some money. So you go on tour, or two tours. So there was a lot of stand-up. There was a lot of getting my life together. You got a pandemic, you got a bunch of nonsense going on there.”
“Misty Green” follows an award-winning actress, Misty Green, who is working hard to make a comeback after years of watching her career slowly fade away, with Rock portraying a casting director who once worked with the actress.
While promoting the movie, Rock told “The Daily” podcast in October that he wanted to make a movie about Los Angeles, calling it a “tale of two cities,” noting that while there is “sunshine and palm trees,” people are also “constantly walking over .”
The actor previously spoke about the message he wanted to get across when making the film, telling Variety in September that much of the movie is about Los Angeles, which he called a “complicated place” that “attracts an underbelly that people want to pretend doesnt exist.”
“A lot of its about L.A. L.A. ,” he said. “Theres a real estate office on the same street as The Ivy on Robertson, and in the window, there are houses for $30-$40 million. In the window. But theres a homeless guy sleeping right outside. The
