(Cover) - EN Showbiz - Courtney Love saved Chris Rock from a potential ass-whipping after he angered Jude Law.

The American comedian hosted the Academy Awards in 2005, and took the opportunity to poke fun at a number of celebrities. Among them was Jude, who had been in movies including I Heart Huckabees, The Aviator and Alfie the previous year. Chris joked about how prolific Judes career had become, but doesnt think the banter went down well with the star.

He came across Jude at a later date, and is thankful singer Courtney stepped in before they came to blows.

I did bump into him one day. I was just walking by him and said, What's up? and he kept walking. I think ten minutes later he started realising who I was. Anyway, I was sitting with Courtney Love, and she might've saved me from a fight. I'm not going to say ass-whipping, because I don't think there'd be an ass-whipping. But you never know he's hanging out with Guy Ritchie. Those guys go at it. Those motherf**kers are in shape. So Jude Law might whip my ass, I don't know. Those guys bring out mats and sh*t, he explained.

Nothing [happened]. Courtney kind of barked, or was growling, and that was it.

Outspoken comic Chris knows many think he was too hard on Jude, but wants the world to know he was only making fun of an easy target. Jude had appeared in so many films in a short space of time he had to make some kind of comment, but he hotly refutes claims he caused problems for the actor.

I did not kill his career. Dude, I didn't say Jude Law can't act. I didn't say Jude Law was in bad movies. I just said he's in every movie, he told Esquire. I hope one year in my life someone's onstage talking about all the movies I've made. I hope I get to work with all the great directors he got to work with, too. (C) Cover Media