Chris Rock calms woman in labor at mall

(HMG Celebrity New) – Chris Rock was Christmas shopping at the Neiman Marcus department store at the Garden State Plaza, according to Us, just as a very pregnant woman approaching an escalator a few feet away from him suddenly went into labor when her water broke.

Proving once again laughter is always the best medicine, Rock, a father of two himself, relied on his famous wit to calm the mother-to-be and the concerned bystanders until help arrived.

“He was making the crowd, and the woman in labor, laugh,” the witness said of the 45-year-old comic and father of two. “She recognized who he was immediately, and he stayed there until the paramedics took her away.”

Rock and wife Malaak Compton-Rock (photo right) have two daughters Lola, 8, and Zahra, 6.