Chris Rock recalls the last time he saw Chris Farley: 'I knew'

Chris Rock is Esquire's summer cover star, and the 56-year-old comedian gave the publication plenty of material.

For an accompanying "Explain This" segment, Rock was taken back to his Saturday Night Live days when he was shown a photo of himself with the late Chris Farley, Adam Sandler and David Spade.

"I'm playing Universal Amphitheatre, which would be the equivalent to Radio City—it doesn't even exist anymore in California," Rock explained. "It was my first big tour after I did this special Bring the Pain, and all of Hollywood came out. Literally had Madonna and Eddie Murphy—Richard Pryor was there that night, too, in a wheelchair and watched from the side."

The four-time Emmy winner continued:

"This looks like one of the last times I saw Chris alive. I would see him one more time when I did a gig in Chicago. We tried to hang out afterwards, but you know, I don't know if you ever, like, really hung out with an addict towards the end. You know what I mean? Anything that isn't the drug is a chore. ... I remember I was at his apartment, and he was showing me his apartment. I leave, and I see him out the window, and I was like, 'Ah, that's probably the last time I'm gonna see him.' I knew."

Rock added that he, Farley, Sandler and Spade shared an office at SNL. Each of them began as a cast member on the iconic sketch comedy series in 1990.