The Internet went into pure shock last night during the 2022 Oscars when Will Smith walked
onstage and SLAPPED Chris Rock across the face over a joke gone-wrong.
Let’s get into what really happened during the viral moment.
Was it a joke?
Was it scripted?
Or was it a husband coming to the defense of his wife after one joke took it too far?
The 2022 Oscars will officially go down as one of, if not, THE most memorable nights
in award show history… but rather than a cause for celebration, viewers are taking
to social media over one major cause for concern.
Actor and comedian Chris Rock took the stage during last night’s ceremony in Los Angeles
to present the award for Best Documentary Feature, when he made a joke about Jada Pinkett
Smith, who was in attendance alongside her husband Will Smith.
Chris had the crowd in sheer laughter during his bit, but things took a turn when one of
his jokes didn’t quite slap… leaving Will to do all the slapping himself.
After mentioning Will, who was nominated for his role in his film “King Richard” about
the Williams’ sisters, Chris then turned to Jada to make a joke about seeing her in
the next G.I.
Jane film due to her appearance and namely shaved head.
“Jada, I love you!
G.I.
Jane 2, can’t wait to see it, alright?!”
Fans might recall that the original G.I.
Jane film in 1997 starred Demi Moore, who donned a shaved head.
However, Jada has spoken openly about struggling with an autoimmune disorder called alopecia
that causes you to lose your hair, which is why she decided to shave her head.
While the audience, including Will, couldn’t help but let out a quick chuckle over the
joke at first, it’s clear Jada didn’t find anything funny about the dig at her appearance.
In a matter of seconds, Will realized the hurt it caused his wife, to which he walked
right up onstage towards Chris and engaged in an extremely physical altercation and basically
slapped him straight in the face.
*laughing* “Oh, wow!
Wow!”
Chris appeared as shocked as the rest of the world watching as he continued to stand on
stage, telling the crowd, “Will Smith just smacked the sh*t outta me,” as the academy
censored the rest of the confrontation.
But in many uncensored clips that have since surfaced online, Will then exchanged some
words with Chris, yelling from his seat on two different occasions looking extremely
mad, telling Chris to keep his wife’s name out of his mouth.
“It was a G.I.
Jane joke!”
“Keep my wife’s name out your f**king mouth!”
“I’m going to, okay?”
The pure shock could be seen on Chris’ face while the Internet immediately reacted to
Will’s reaction - also trying to determine whether this was scripted or not - especially
after he would go on to win the award for Best Actor for his leading role in King Richard
and subtly addressed the altercation during his tearful acceptance speech.
“Richard Williams was a fierce defender of his family.”
During his emotional and teary speech, Will went on to apologize to the academy and all
his fellow nominees over the incident, adding that, “Love will make you do crazy things.”
Naturally, the Internet became divided over the fact that his altercation constituted
an assault, which was overlooked by his Oscar win, as many argue that regardless of the
bad joke, violence should never be the answer.
Other fans defended Chris for handling the situation with maturity rather than reacting
with even more violence.
However, some argued that while assault is never ok, Jada’s hair loss struggle should
also never be something to joke about.
Will and Jada’s son Jaden Smith also cryptically addressed the incident on Twitter, coming
to his family’s defense, tweeting, “And that’s how we do it.”
Footage was also captured after the altercation of fellow celeb pals including Denzel Washington,
Bradley Cooper and Tyler Perry consoling Will and walking him back to his seat.
However, not long after the ceremony ended, PageSix reported that both Will and Chris
were expected to work out their issues during the annual Vanity Fair afterparty.
And in a subsequent report by PageSix, Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs confirmed at the Vanity
Fair Oscars party that night that Will and Chris settled their feud saying, “that’s
not a problem.
That’s over.
I can confirm that.”
and went on to add that “it’s all love.
They’re brothers”
TMZ also reported that Chris refused to file an assault and battery police report, but
that LAPD were aware of the incident.
LAPD explained that Chris can choose to file an investigative report at a later date.
The news outlet went on to share that it’s unclear how the police got involved as of
now.
On TikTok, Will shared this video of him and Jada pulling off different poses in their
Oscars wardrobe prior to the show alongside the caption, “Me ‘n @jadapnkettsmith got
all dressed up to choose chaos.”
It was re-shared by many accounts following the incident saying that the caption didn’t
age very well….
At this time, it’s unclear what, if any, repercussions Will might face, or if we will
get any more details about how the conversation between Will and Chris after the event went
down, however, according to the New York Post, there are reportedly talks of his Oscar being
revoked after last night’s display of violence.
As always, should more details continue to surface, we’ll do our best to keep you updated.
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I’m still in shock!
I’m your girl Sussan Mourad, you can find me on my socials @sussan_mourad, and I’ll
see you next time.