After seeing the whole version in the foreign press I believe this wasn't staged... The American version made it look like it was... aka par for the course...

Nah, he got bent , and really smacked him.
I'm not even a rock fan, but he handled the public seen fairly well for getting the chop. He's probably gonna sue

but if you look closely, it appears that Chris Rock is smiling.

Is it staged??? Idk, Hollywood is pretty lame lately. It's possible.
However, ws is a man on edge. He's got that brittany spears syndrome lol