OSCARS: Twitter reacts to bizarre confrontation between Chris Rock and Will Smith
By Amy Kaplan
Twitter reacts to the bizarre confrontation between Chris Rock and Will Smith.
Viewers of the 2022 Academy Awards were speechless when a moment in the show left fans wondering if it was real or not.
During Chris Rock’s presentation of the winner for the Best Documentary Feature, he made a joke about Jada Pinkett-Smith starring in “GI Jane 2” due to her shaved head. Pinkett-Smith has been vocal about her hair loss issues.
In retaliation Will Smith, her husband, got out of his seat and walked up to the stage and struck Rock, then said “Keep my wife’s name out of your f**king mouth” all of it censored on American TV.
Watch what just happened between Will Smith and Chris Rock
UNCENSORED WILL SMITH FOOTAGE AS SHOWN ON AUSTRALIAN TV pic.twitter.com/NcRfdjWxqe
— David Mack (@davidmackau) March 28, 2022
The thing is … people have no clue if it was real or not.
https://twitter.com/PhillyD/status/1508270305613033473?s=20&t=DlhyHBbfTdV1K6o72A_3yw
I can’t believe I get to live in a time where Meg performs during an encanto song, Will Smith “smacks the shit out of” Chris Rock and Diddy talks about resolving their conflict before reading the winners
— Kit (@Kitterr08) March 28, 2022
https://twitter.com/loniilove/status/1508273179013177345?s=20&t=DlhyHBbfTdV1K6o72A_3yw
Officially done being a #WillSmith fan. Violence is never the answer.
— jennDel (@DeleuJenn) March 28, 2022
Did Will Smith just punch Chris Rock on live TV? #Oscars pic.twitter.com/eZP52SJxRP
— Lisa Hunt (@iamLisaHunt) March 28, 2022
That will smith and chris rock situation was probably real, especially by the way Diddy addressed it. I don’t think those two would joke about black on black violence on live TV like that understanding the stereotype behind that type of behavior #oscars
— Bobby Braketz Ø (@Bobby_Braketz) March 28, 2022
Can we have a live will Smith reaction cam for the rest of the show?
— Nic, from the internet (@theswoderman) March 28, 2022
Why did Will Smith slap Chris Rock at the Oscars?
As mentioned above, Pinkett-Smith has a condition called Alopecia which causes hair loss. She spoke at length about it recently.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CYB7dMppvjk/?utm_source=ig_embed&ig_rid=535f91cd-85a4-4977-974d-a7080175cd5c
“Willow made me do it because it was time to let go,” she wrote in the caption of an Instagram post revealing her shaved head. “BUT … my 50s are bout to be Divinely lit with this shed.”
It does appear that the slap was, in fact, not a bit. At the commercial break Smith was spotted wiping away tears and being comforted by Denzel Washington and Tyler Perry.
Smith is up for a Best Oscar award for his role as Venus and Serena Williams’ father in the film “King Richard.”
The award has not been handed out yet.
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