The comedian was famously slapped by Will Smith at this year’s ceremony after he made a joke about his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith’s bald head.
Chris Rock said it was not a difficult decision to turn down hosting the Oscars next year.
Smith apologised for his actions and resigned from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in the week following the Oscars.
Rock revealed during the Phoenix, Arizona, leg of his stand-up tour that the Academy had approached him to return to the show next year, Arizona Republic reported.