Marlon Wayans calls his new comedy special "a love letter to Chris, Will, and Jada"
Marlon Wayans tackles the infamous Oscars Slap in his new HBO special, God Loves Me

As Chris Rock releases a comedy special at Netflix with his own take on the events of last year’s Oscars, fellow comedian Marlon Wayans shares his own point of view on the historic Slap in his new HBO special, God Loves Me.
In an interview with The A.V. Club, Wayans describes God Loves Me as “a hilarious journey through the experience of my life and how the journey came to me after Will [Smith] slapped Chris [Rock].”
“It slapped life into me,” Wayans explains. “It made me think of my journey, and I thought about my journey with them, and I thought ‘Somebody’s got to talk about this, why not it be someone so close to it but not in it?’ I didn’t have a dog in the fight. I just spoke about it with love—it’s a love letter to Chris, Will, and Jada.”
To say it’s a “love letter” feels like a bit of an understatement, considering that Wayans’ hour-long special ceaselessly talks about the cast of characters involved in the Slap that evening.