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    Hollywood’s Reactions to Will Smith’s Oscars Assault on Chris Rock

    Will a carefully constructed Oscars be broken spectacularly to pieces?
    PumBy PumMarch 28, 2022Updated:November 15, 2022No Comments2 Mins Read
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    The moment Will Smith stormed onstage to whack Chris Rock in his face over a joke about his wife Jada Pinkett Smith, will go down in Academy Awards history. While the joke, which made fun of Jada’s shaved head after the actress has been open about her alopecia diagnosis since 2018, seems to be offensive, Will Smith’s slap caught fans and showgoers off guard, which at first appeared to be improvised but turned out to be his real-life emotional outburst.

    The night was further weirder by the fact that Smith won an Oscar for best actor less than an hour later for his performance on “King Richard,” and he spent most of his speech weeping, making excuses for his bad-tempered behavior and apologizing to his peers.

    “I want to apologize to the Academy. I want to apologize to all my fellow nominees. This is a beautiful moment and I’m not crying for winning an award. It’s not about winning an award for me. It’s about being able to shine a light on all of the people.” At the end of his speech, he said “I hope the Academy invites me back.”

    It goes without saying that Twitter was flooded with reactions to the slap, from jokes and memes to more serious messages. Let’s take a tour around Hollywood and check out the mixed reactions around the Oscars’ assault.

    “Stand-up comics are very adept at handling hecklers,” posted Mark Hamill.

    “Violent physical assault… not so much,” He shared with the hashtag “UgliestOscarMomentEver”.

    “Ummm… Whaaaat!??,” tweeted Dan Bucatinsky. “He justified his assault using tears and the word ‘love’…the one thing he did NOT do is apologize for slapping Chris Rock!!”

    Stand-up comics are very adept at handling hecklers.
    Violent physical assault… not so much.#UgliestOscarMoment_Ever pic.twitter.com/enUimEoLV6

    — Mark Hamill (@MarkHamill) March 28, 2022

    so upsetting – on every level – bravo to Chris Rock – for not eviscerating will smith – which he could do any day of the week – he walked away – bravo from a sad display of toxic masculinity from a narcissistic madman #Oscars2022 #chrisROCK

    — ROSIE (@Rosie) March 28, 2022

    I’m tripping that you can assault someone on live television on stage at the Oscars and just take your seat and watch the rest of the show.

    — Ida Bae Wells (@nhannahjones) March 28, 2022

    What a sad commentary when you slap the crap out of someone on live TV, win an Oscar, get a standing ovation and then accept that Oscar talking about “love”. There was so much wrong about this moment. #Oscars2022 pic.twitter.com/D5iVIpqYiQ

    — Michael Steele (@MichaelSteele) March 28, 2022

    If you're a big enough star you can slap someone on live TV and casually sit down. Enjoy the rest of the ceremony. Win an award. Get a standing ovation. Kinda apologize but not really. Get another standing ovation and then have people defend you. America is amazing. #Oscars

    — Wajahat Ali (@WajahatAli) March 28, 2022

    #WillSmith says he wants to be a vessel for love. Love is not violent. Love is not what was displayed on a global stage tonight. #Oscars

    — Maria Shriver (@mariashriver) March 28, 2022

    This Will Smith thing is about to be a #TwoAmericas situation

    — Jemele Hill (@jemelehill) March 28, 2022

    Why didn’t @TheAcademy have Will Smith escorted by security out after he assaulted Chris Rock?

    Instead, they gave him an #Oscar  and allowed him to scapegoat his actions.

    — David Leavitt 🔜 PAX EAST (@David_Leavitt) March 28, 2022

    So it wasn’t staged and Chris Rock could press charges against Will Smith and probably sue his dumb ass! Wow! So surreal! https://t.co/ZTPP4GKpnG

    — Tommy Chong (@tommychong) March 28, 2022

    Just saw the Will Smith slap. Anyone have a late night show I can borrow just for tomorrow?

    — Conan O'Brien (@ConanOBrien) March 28, 2022

    As usual, when it comes time to hand out the documentary Oscar, all hell breaks loose.

    — Michael Moore (@MMFlint) March 28, 2022

    If @willsmith seriously did that — and he wins the OSCAR — he just stained the greatest moment of his career. You cannot do that S$&@!!Especially as a BLACK MAN, in that position, to ANOTHER BLACK MAN(@chrisrock) on THAT STAGE. If this was not a joke, Will won’t live this down!!!

    — Stephen A Smith (@stephenasmith) March 28, 2022

    Hey professional comedians: be on notice! From now on, you need to make sure your jokes don’t offend people. Especially extremely attractive, famous and exorbitantly wealthy people!

    — Richard Marx (@richardmarx) March 28, 2022

    Somebody in #willsmith’s circle needs to tell him that there is no way what he did tonight won’t result in a comedian somewhere getting beat up or killed. He green lit a lot of violence.

    There’s gonna need to be a lot of clean up.

    — Hal Sparks (@HalSparks) March 28, 2022

    And That’s How We Do It

    — Jaden (@jaden) March 28, 2022

    It was just a joke. Jokes are what Chris Rock does. Always has been edgy. This was a mild joke for him. And i love GI Jane

    — Mia Farrow (@MiaFarrow) March 28, 2022

    Let me tell you something, it’s a very bad practice to walk up on stage and physically assault a Comedian.
    Now we all have to worry about who wants to be the next Will Smith in comedy clubs and theaters.

    — Kathy Griffin (@kathygriffin) March 28, 2022

    Will Smith laughs at the joke. Laughed at it. Then, in 3 seconds, he’s so full of uncontrollable rage that he needs to ‘protect his family’. Entitled child man. Team Chris Rock. Always. pic.twitter.com/Cd8VWlXbNF

    — Pete Zedlacher (@zedlacher) March 28, 2022

    Violence isn’t ok. Assault is never the answer. Also? This is the 2nd time that Chris has made fun of Jada on the #Oscars stage, & tonight he went after her alopecia. Punching down at someone’s auto-immune disease is wrong. Doing so on purpose is cruel. They both need a breather.

    — Sophia Bush (@SophiaBush) March 28, 2022

    Ummm… Whaaaat!?? He justified his assault using tears and the word “love”.
    the one thing he did NOT do is apologize for slapping Chris Rock!! https://t.co/FVyUOJ3v3A

    — Dan Bucatinsky (@danbucatinsky) March 28, 2022

    I call upon the Academy, of which I am a member, to take disciplinary action against Will Smith. He disgraced our entire community tonight.

    — Marshall Herskovitz (@MHerskovitz) March 28, 2022

    Lol so public assault is the answer to an insensitive joke in 2022??! Good to know. I’ll be doing my next Netflix special over Zoom.

    — London Hughes (@TheLondonHughes) March 28, 2022

    Violence isn’t ok. Assault is never the answer. Also? This is the 2nd time that Chris has made fun of Jada on the #Oscars stage, & tonight he went after her alopecia. Punching down at someone’s auto-immune disease is wrong. Doing so on purpose is cruel. They both need a breather.

    — Sophia Bush (@SophiaBush) March 28, 2022

    Every comedian should post a Will Smith joke in solidarity with Chris Rock. I’m not. But every other comedian should.

    — the lucas bros (@lucasbros) March 28, 2022

    Why not you?

    — Luther Pearson (@greatrafa) March 28, 2022

    “Keep Paul Walkers name out of your fucking mouth” – Vin Diesel standing over my bloody body at next years Peoples Choice Awards

    — adam pally (@adampally) March 28, 2022

    Welp…I said it wouldn’t be boring #Oscars

    — Will Packer (@willpowerpacker) March 28, 2022
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