The uncensored moment Will Smith smacks Chris Rock on stage at the Oscars

[ItsjustMe]

[live love laugh]

1. Will Smith ruined the night.

[DURHAM D]

2. Chris Rock ruined the night. nt

[tinrobot]

4. Chris didn't hit anyone.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

5. It's overkill at this point.

Chris insulted Will's wife over a medical condition that she finds embarrassing. Will slapped him. I'm sure they both regret it now.

[sheshe2]

19. Chris Rock verbally insulted/ attacked Jada.

She has an autoimmune syndrome. Hair loss. She and others like her suffer from it. For a woman, it is devastating.

[tinrobot]

48. OK. But that still doesn't excuse physical violence.

Chris Rock attacked her with words. Not cool.

If Will Smith had responded with words, it would have been understandable.

But escalating to physical violence? Nope.

[Duncan Grant]

6. Will Smith violently assaulted someone and trespassed a public forum.

I don’t know what planet you’re living on but here in reality-land, Will Smith has f***ed himself and his career over for a lifetime. Unacceptable behavior. No excuses.

[brush]

16. Chris Rock shouldn't have went there. Why was he even...

telling jokes? He wasn't the host.

[USALiberal]

42. Lol, ok! Nt

[LetMyPeopleVote]

3. LAPD Statement

Link to tweet

[old as dirt]

11. I'm surprised that they need somebody to file charges.

They have evidence on tape.

[AlexSFCA]

7. Chris Rock has insulted a woman with autoimmune disorder calling her GI Jane 2

But not just one woman, ALL women with this disorder and ALL women undergoing chemotherapy because he said it to audience of tens of millions. This alone is enough to cancel him. Will Smith did what a husband would do to someone who insults his wife but normally in a private setting - punch in a face. It’s emotional response not a rational one. The fact that smith cares about his wife more than his career is rare in hollywood. It was stupid display of toxic masculinity as he could take down Chris Rock in a non violent way via cancelling him for the rest of his life. In fact, the punch may have saved Rock’s career as they are perceived as even. The coverage is centered around violence on stage not the words said by Rock which are far more hurtful to vulnerable people.

[Trueblue1968]

12. Chris Rock is a monster. i have cried a million tears about my hair loss.

the whole "joke" was in horrible taste. he should be ashamed of himself

women losing their crowning glory ..... that is what my mom always called my long thick hair is not a joke.

[True Blue American]

17. True!

Chris went where he never should have gone. You never make fun of a disability. And I like Chris. He needs to publicly apologize.

[Cha]

20. I agree, TBA.. Chris was

horribly wrong and so was Will Smith.

Abd, yes Chris Rock should publicly apologize. I have a feeling he wishes he never would have gone there.

💙💛

[AlexSFCA]

32. Chris din't get it even after being punched in the face

will smith still had to shout expletives

[dixiechiken1]

39. No.

Will Smith did not HAVE to shout expletives. He CHOSE to shout expletives.

[Cha]

44. Thank you... and Will Smith

did Not have to slap Chris Rock

Chris was Wrong but violence is Not the answer no matter how upset anyone is.

💙💛

[AlexSFCA]

47. wrong for punching, shouting was well deserved

[malaise]

24. + 1,000

That was not funny- nice to see a man defend his wife in public

[Tomconroy]

46. Absolutely!

[standingtall]

8. There is no defending Will Smith

I don't care if the joke was offensive that doesn't give you justification for assaulting someone.

[AlexSFCA]

9. both need to be cancelled.

The violence was disgusting and the insult to a woman with autoimmune disorder was enough for all networks to permanently ban Chris Rock.

[Tickle]

23. Agree nt

[tenderfoot]

10. Jada Pinkett-Smith is very capable of defending herself

Quit defending her husband's narcissistic behavior.

[obamanut2012]

30. Exactly, and you are the first who has said this

[Croney]

38. This is a huge point that most people are missing.

Thank you.

[dixiechiken1]

40. This ☝️☝️☝️

[elias7]

41. Is she, though? Are we conflating the fictional Niobe with the real life actress?

[fishwax]

43. Also, she didn't need defending. She might have needed support.

She wasn't under attack. The joke was over. If she was upset, then she might have needed support. Going amd punching someone like that isn't help or support. If either her or Will's idea of providing support is assaulting someone else, then that's a pretty sick thing.

[Sunsky]

49. Just saw this comment +1000

Thank you so much for this. I've been trying to say this all morning.

[catsudon]

13. odd

that he laughed at first. Then the camera cuts away and all of a sudden he’s pissed? Must’ve looked around and seen her face and realized she’d run right back to their son’s friend if he didn’t act hard.

[Cha]

21. That's right.. I remember

seeing that now. What a 180.

I think they were both horribly Wrong.

💙💛

[True Dough]

36. Also very odd that Will Smith's expression is still delighted

after "slapping" Chris Rock. If you pause the video, Will is still smiling after the assault. One would think he would look angry after immediately slapping someone in a rage.

Hmm.

[Old Crank]

14. Is that what

People wanted Fled Ted to do when TFG insulted his wife?

[Traildogbob]

25. Thought the same

Not sure I would have been a good little liberal if trump got his mug slapped. Maybe by John McCain. Everyone knows Cruz is a spineless jelly fish.
Both men, Will and Chris crossed the line. I think if Will would have only shouted angrily, “keep my wife’s name out your fucking mouth, twice as he did, his defense of his wife would have been accomplished.
Both men will feel consequences. Rock should have been aware of her health issue, it’s very public knowledge. A sad display from both. Punching down comedy is wrong. Punching up retaliation for it, also wrong. Denzel made the point to Will, eloquently. “Be careful, at your highest point the devil will enter”.

[Jspur]

15. This was a mindfuck for me since I grew up during the

90's watching both of them as a kid and teenager. If you had told my younger self that one day these two iconic figures in their fields would throw hands, I wouldn't believe it. To me it is still surreal.

Both men were in the wrong with their actions. Chris for cracking jokes on Jada's baldness when it comes to illness. Will was wrong for slapping Chris because he committed assault. I have been in many situations where I wanted to slap the shit out of guys, I didn't like but I kept my cool and handled the situation without throwing hands.

Will ultimately was the biggest loser from this fiasco. Chris' joke wasn't funny, and he would have probably had a high chance of getting cancelled since Jada has an illness he was basically making fun of. If Will didn't hit him then we are talking about how much of cruel ass hole Chris was for that jokes. Will bailed him out by hitting him and now Chris comes across as the victim. Will also ruined his moment of winning an Oscar because it will always be overshadowed by what he did to Chris.

[SleeplessinSoCal]

18. Earlier that same evening..

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Regina Hall insuited Smith with her remark that his wife said she could take and test him for covid. At the time it sounded like an insult of Smith. Maybe it weighed on him. Then the crack about G I Jane 2 pushed him over the edge.

I have my own tasteless assessment that I've not seen elsewhere: Oscars So Black.. But I'm only saying it here, where nobody can hit me.

Another reason I believe it wasn't the alopecia factor. It was perceived as a lack of respect for himself:

"...you've got to be able to have people disrespecting you, and you've got to smile, and you've got to pretend like that's OK...."

Is this part of toxic masculinity? I think it is.

[JoanofArgh]

27. Yep. He made it all about him, not Jada.

[sop]

22. Racists on rightwing media will have a field day with this.

[Boomerproud]

29. Both gave them ammunition. Of course they will use it.

nt

[Demovictory9]

31. i popped into FreeRepublic. A few racists comments but prevailing comments. 1. It's faked

don't trust Hollywoo / watch slo mo of how Will bends his fingers to do not hurt Christ . 2. Its real... dicussions about how chris Rock handled it / Jada's condition, etc... 3. Racism / politics / nonsense talk

[JoanofArgh]

26. Will Smith sure was laughing when Rock initially

told the joke. With everything going on in the world , I could care less about this self- involved twit and I like both of them .

[IcyPeas]

28. It was the Academy Awards though. This was seen live around the world.

I think Smith should've waited to confront Rock in a less public way.

I dunno.

☮

[usedtobedemgurl]

33. Putting right or wrong aside, the "joke" before the

GIJane joke was really sexist. It is such a stereotype of the motto happy wife, happy life. Chris Rock would have gotten so much blowback to say if the wife had won, there was no possible way for the husband to win. No, that would be attacking the husband’s masculinity. Attacking a man’s masculinity is not acceptable. But saying, basically, the wife would be such a bitch, there was no way the husband could win was ok. Then he attacks, um jokes, about Jada’s looks. Do I see some sort of pattern here?

I am not talking about the physical attack. Maybe I just never felt Chris Rock was significant enough to listen to, so I had no idea what he was like. Just saying those two “jokes” back to back says a lot about Chris.

[Buckeyeblue]

34. I'm sort of shocked Chris Rock just took it in stride

I would say his composure kept this from being a full out fight. A joke is a joke. And these celebrities know they are going to get made fun of. There have been worse jokes made over the years.

And Will Smith won't be canceled. He just became more famous than ever. Hollywood has always had a thing for leading men with a violent edge.

[Willto]

35. Am I the Only One

That thinks the slap looks fake as hell? I have watched it multiple times and I see no actual contact. And Chris Rock was pretty calm for a guy who got slapped unexpectedly.

[True Dough]

37. I am definitely torn

The way Will shouted twice afterwards made me think that maybe it was authentic, even though the slap does look very tame. Given a "free shot," a man the size of Will Smith, who has some pugilistic training, could have stunned Chris Rock into prolonged silence, even with a slap.

What also has me questioning this incident is Will's expression in the seconds after delivering the blow. If you pause the video and watch it in slow motion, Will still has a smile on his face after hitting Chris. That doesn't fit the tone of the moment.

But I'm also baffled as to why the two of them would continue to play along afterwards and not reveal that they had staged the confrontation.

It's bizarre. Maybe Will just showed a modicum of self-restraint when hitting Chris with a rather mild slap?

[Earth-shine]

45. Looks like a fake "Hollywood" slap to me with exaggerated action and no physical contact.

I doubt the incident was planned in advance.

In general, I like Chris Rock. But, I found the joke to be neither funny nor appropriate.