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Chris Rock has opened up about the behaviour that contributed to the breakdown of his marriage, admitting he “was not a great husband.”
The actor split from Malaak Compton-Rock, the mother of his daughters Lola, 24, and 22-year-old Zahra, back in 2014 after 18 years of marriage.
The comedian, 61, spoke to GQ about his divorce after being named one of the magazine’s Men of the Year.
He said: “I watched a lot of porn. I don’t watch porn anymore. I haven’t watched porn in five, six years.
“It’s not anything I’m proud of, but it’s something I had to go through.”
While he isn’t “proud” of his past behaviour, he understands he had to “go through” his experiences to be the person he is now.
The Top Five actor and director took stock of his life and his choices during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Asked why it had taken 12 years to return to directing, he said: “Life, COVID, I got divorced, which meant I had to make real money. Maybe I had some other scripts that the market didn’t respond to. It’s not like I was sitting around. But COVID was a time to be like, OK, what am I doing with my life?
"And other s*** I don’t feel like talking about. I had a lot of stuff going on the last 12 years.”
Rock admitted he was ultimately “severely humbled” when he realized he wasn’t as powerful as he thought.
He continued: “It’s like you watch a Marvel movie, and the guy, he has to test his powers. You know what I mean? Every Marvel movie, man or woman, they have to test their powers.
“They’re a**holes. They get these powers and they’re a**holes, and they’re racing trains and they’re lifting up ocean liners and they try to go to the sun, then they crash down because they realise they’re not God. And then they start helping people.
“I tested my powers. I definitely realised I wasn’t God or anywhere near him, and I was severely humbled, as I should have been.”
Rock recently admitted he has therapy to combat his insecurity.
While he doesn’t have doubts about his own “status,” he can’t help but feel anxious when he looks at the work of other stars.
He told The New York Times recently: “I’ve been doing a lot of therapy the last few years, post-Covid, and a lot of it is about not feeling insecure. A lot of it is about ‘you’re enough.’
“But I don’t ever really feel insecure about my ‘status’, per se.
“Occasionally I’ll meet people that are obviously working harder than me and that’ll make me feel insecure. Adam Sandler, Rick Rubin. You’re like, ‘How many things are you doing right now?’
“And some people are better with their kids than me. I think I’m a good dad.
“... My daughters don’t forgive my sins, but they give me an education that I wouldn’t normally have.”