Will Smith said Chris Rock's joke about his wife's medical condition was"too much to bear" and he"reacted emotionally".
"Jokes at my expense are a part of the job, but a joke about Jada's medical condition was too much for me to bear and I reacted emotionally." After at first appearing to laugh at the joke, Smith walked onto the stage and smacked Rock with an open hand.Smith tearfully apologized to his fellow nominees and the Academy — but not Rock — a few minutes later as he accepted his historic Oscar."I would also like to apologise to the Academy, the producers of the show, all the attendees and everyone watching around the world.
Celebrities from Tinseltown and beyond reacted with shock and stunned amazement to Smith's outburst, with some defending him and others condemning a display of "toxic masculinity." Will Smith with his sons Trey Smith and Jaden Smith, daughter Willow Smith and wife Jada Pinkett Smith attending the Vanity Fair Oscar Party 2022, Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, Los Angeles.Some celebrities came to Smith's defence, with singer Nicki Minaj saying that as her husband, Smith was privy to the pain Pinkett Smith endures.
Some social media users called for Smith to be stripped of his Oscar, but Academy governor and Oscar winner Whoopi Goldberg said that would not happen."There will be consequences I'm sure, but I don't think that's what they're going to do."
Hate to imagine how Smith loses his shit in private.
Honestly, does anyone really care? Really?
Can't cope with your wife's shagging so you physically take out your aggression. Seek help Will. You have a delusional sense of self awareness. BTW two days before the Oscars your wife posted that she doesn't care what people think of her bald head.
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People unhinged like this generally hit their partners or children too
Chris as a standup comedian jokes about wife's hair, - Will slaps him August pulls on wife's hair, - Will welcomes him into their Open Marriage family. This slap was as real -as- slaps are in the movies😅. The bigger joke was Will winning an Oscar afterwards.
No matter how bad the joke was, there is no excuse for violence, Will Smith has an inner rage that fame, money and recognition can never heal.
A slap hit amazing ratings. The ratings were low before. Is Hollywood very good at acting?😂
Assaulting someone in that manner in sucky a public setting- makes me wonder where his boundaries are for assaulting anyone else? I suspect this is the tip of a nasty iceberg.
It seems someone deliberately went off script now didn't they.
Now that 'hindsight' is revealing itself. My own included, perhaps at future TheAcademy galas all nominees and their partners circumstances deemed potentially sensitive will be made aware to writers,comedians,and those slated to speak in the hope of preventing hurtful 'jokes'.
Will Smith showed who he really is at the Oscars. It's too late for this transparent attempt to save his reputation now. He's not someone worthy of admiration or respect.
Should be stripped of his award
Nahhh, Ban him from the Oscars and also remove his Oscar and give it to someone else.