there's no doubt that the slap gate
scandal at the 2022 oscars sent
shockwaves through hollywood but what
does longtime oscars host billy crystal
think about what went down keep watching
to find out about midway through the
2022 oscars chris rock appeared on stage
to present an award but in true chris
rock fashion he made sure to poke fun at
a few of his peers including jada
pinkett smith the comedian compared
jada's buzzed haircut to demi moore's
character in gi jane and while smith
didn't take it lightly the star stormed
the stage and slapped chris rock across
the face in one of the most shocking
moments in oscar history will later
apologized to rock but many think that
it's too little too late and that the
moment could permanently ruin his career
reviews have been mixed will son jaden
smith voiced his support for his famous
father amid the drama tweeting and
that's how we do it willow smith has
also seemingly addressed the subject
posting a quote from motivational
speaker j shetty on instagram two days
after the slap which read you know who's
going through a lot right now literally
everyone just be kind tiffany haddish
also voiced her support for the star
applauding him for standing up for jada
who has alopecia and has been open about
her hair loss since 2018 but even though
will seems to have his family and a
small number of friends behind him many
people in the industry are appalled by
his actions judd apatow was one of the
first celebrities to slam will claiming
that will's slap could have killed rock
in a sense delete a tweet billy crystal
also shared his thoughts on the now
viral moment and he stands with most of
his peers the actor knows a thing or two
about the oscars considering he's hosted
the event nine times crystal gave his
two cents about how he felt about the
newsworthy slap during an appearance on
back on the record with bob costas on
hbo max calling it disturbing
it was an assault you know and i've had
experiences i hosted the grammys three
times
and i've i've been thrown things
crystal said that having a single host
for an award show makes the whole night
feel more under control adding i sort of
set myself up to host the show really
host the show so you can tie it together
so whenever i see shows that it's a
no-host show yeah it went faster but
there's nobody there to capitalize on
anything and give the audience the
feeling of there's somebody in charge
this wasn't the first time the nighttime
oscars host had mentioned the slap the
new york post reports that crystal made
a joke about the incident during a dress
rehearsal for mr saturday night his
broadway show on march 29th
we got to a show where no one got
slapped unbelievable
crystal isn't the only oscar's host to
weigh in amy schumer who was one of the
three hosts during the 2022 oscars also
shared her thoughts on the incident in a
sense-deleted post schumer told fans
that she felt shocked and stunned and
sad after the incident and she was just
waiting for the sickening feeling to go
away a week after the slap at the 2022
grammy awards ceremony several
presenters brought up the drama host
trevor noah opened the show by saying
we're gonna be listening to some music
we're gonna be dancing we're gonna be
singing we're gonna be keeping people's
names out of our mouths and we're going
to be giving out awards all throughout
the night noah was of course referencing
what smith told rock after the shocking
smack keep my wife's name out of your
mouth questlove the drummer for the
roots who won an oscar right after the
slap joked at the grimmies alright i'm
going to present this award and i trust
that you people will stay 500 feet away
from me and then there's levar burton
who said so i need to caution everybody
remain in your seats and keep your hands
to yourself alright and then comedian
nate bargetsi walked on stage wearing a
helmet joking they said comedians have
to wear these now at award shows during
their joke parts so what's going to
happen to will smith on april 8 2022 the
academy announced that smith is banned
from attending the oscars or any other
academy-affiliated events for the next
decade despite smith's public
resignation from the academy a few days
prior it also claimed in a statement for
the hollywood reporter that will had
supposedly been asked to leave the
ceremony in the wake of the slap but had
refused tmz however refuted that claim
and instead alleged that will was told
he could stay
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