CURRENTLY, THE MAN HAS NOT
BEEN CHARGED ANY CRIME.
>>> COMEDIAN CHRIS ROCK WILL
NOT BE PRESSING CHARGES
AGAINST SMITH BUT SMITH MAY
FACE FURTHER CONSEQUENCES
FROM THE ACADEMY OF MOTION
PICTURES ARTS AND SCIENCES.
IT ALL STARTED WITH THIS
JOKE ABOUT SMITH’S WIFE.
>> JADA I LOVE YA, G.I. JANE
2 CAN’T WAIT TO SEE YOU, ALL
RIGHT!
[LAUGHTER]
THAT WAS A NICE ONE.
OKAY.
>> SMITH LAUGHED AT FIRST
WALKED UP TO THE STAGE
SLAPPED ROCK.
LATE TODAY THE ACADEMY IS
CONDEMNING SMITH’S ACTIONS
AND WILL LAUNCH A FORMAL
REVIEW OF THE SLAP.
SAYING SMITH COULD FACE
FURTHER CONSEQUENCES.
OUR PAULA TUTMAN HAS BEEN
DIGGING INTO WHAT WE CAN
LEARN FROM THAT VERY PUBLIC
CONFRONTATION.
>> HE DIDN’T WIN AN OSCAR
FOR HIS ROLE AS MUHAMMAD ALI
BUT THAT ROPE A DOPE STUNT
THAT WILL SMITH PULLED ON
CHRIS ROCK LAST NIGHT HAS
PEOPLE REELING.
>> OH, WOW!
>> Reporter: MIKE SOLARTE
BONNER WHO IS NOT ONLY PALS
WITH CHRIS ROCK BUT AS A
DETROIT BORN COMEDIAN HAS
THROWN A FEW COMEDIC JABS
HIMSELF OR SPWHIS THAT WAS
OUT OF -- THAT WILL COST YOU
$20 MILLION IF THAT WAS ME.
>> Reporter: DR. RED SHOES
IS A PSYCHOLOGIST AND EXPERT
IN BAD BEHAVIOR.
>> WE’RE NOT ALLOWED JUST
BECAUSE SOMEONE ELSE CROSSED
THE LINE TO BE VIOLENT, MEAN
OR UNCIVIL, EVER.
IT’S NOT OKAY.
AS MY MOTHER WOULD SAY --
DON’T GO THERE.
>> Reporter: SHE SAYS UNDER
NO CIRCUMSTANCES IS IT OKAY
TO INITIATE VIOLENCE.
>> THE SIMPLICITY IT’S NEVER
OKAY TO BE MEAN OR HARM
SOMEBODY IN RESPONSE TO WHAT
THEY SAY OR DO, NEVER.
UNLESS WE’RE DEFENDING A
LIFE THAT’S IT.
>> Reporter: BUT THERE’S
ALSO THE IDEA OF BEING A
PUBLIC FIGURE ALL THAT COMES
WITH, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU
ARE NATIONALLY AND
INTERNATIONALLY KNOWN AND
RENOWN.
SO TAKE RICKY GERVAIS WHO
MAKES SPORT AS HIS HOST IT’S
ALMOST EXPECTED AND NO ONE
HAS PUNCHED HIM IN THE FACE
FOR CALLING THEM A PERVERT,
PEDOPHILE, OR CALLING OUT
STRUGGLES FOR DRUG
ADDICTION.
>> IF YOU DO WIN TONIGHT
REMEMBER THAT NO ONE CARES
ABOUT THAT AWARD AS MUCH AS
YOU DO.
>> SOME PEOPLE ARE SO
TEMPTING TO SLAP.
I KNOW YOUR HAND GETS
TWITCHY, RIGHT -- YOU KNOW,
-- BUT YOU KNOW, IT DOESN’T
HELP ANYBODY.
DON’T DO IT.
REMEMBER YOU’RE AWESOME,
WE’RE ALL WONDERFUL, WE’RE
ALL AWFUL GET OVER BOTH AND
REMEMBER IN THE MOMENT WILL
THE WORLD BE BETTER IF I DO
THIS THING?
WILL I BE BETTER WITH, WILL
MY FAMILY BE BETTER?
THOSE ARE THE QUESTIONS TO
ASK.
>> Reporter: WHILE SOME
MIGHT SAY THAT DEFENDING
YOUR WIFE IS FAIR USE OF
VIOLENCE, MOST WILL TELL YOU
IT IS NOT.
PARTICULARLY WHEN THERE ARE
OTHER WAYS TO ADDRESS HURT
AND ANGER.
LIKE THE SHARP SLICE OF
WORDS AS OPPOSED TO A SHARP
RIGHT TO THE JAW.
>> I THINK THAT IT WAS A
THING THAT WAS BUILDING UP
INSIDE OF WILL SMITH IN
REGARDS TO OTHER STATEMENTS
HE HAD MADE IT WAS AT A
BOILING POINT.
>> WOW!
>> CHRIS HIS TEMPERAMENT WAS
EXCELLENT.
HE SHOULD GET AN AWARD FOR
THAT SHOW LAST NIGHT.
HE DID A PHENOMENAL JOB HE
SHOULD BE SELL SPWLIGHTD --
THAT WAS A GREATEST NIGHT IN
THE HISTORY OF TELEVISION.
OKAY.
>> AS HUMANS WE ARE
EMOTIONAL BEINGS BUT THE
DOCTOR CAUTIONS IF YOU GET
ANGRY AND FEEL LIKE YOU
ACTUALLY HAVE TO STRIKE
SOMEONE SHE SAYS WAIT 30
SECONDS AND THEN IF IT STILL
FEELS LIKE A GOOD IDEA WAIT
30 MORE SECONDS THEN IF IT
STILL FEELS LIKE A GOOD IDEA
SHE SAYS PONDER THE FUZZ ON
YOUR KNEES UNTIL THE LOGIC
AND THE COMPASSION RETURNS.
STRIKING IS NEVER A GOOD
IDEA.
OKAY, SO, WHAT IS IT LIKE ON
THE OTHER SIDE OF A SMART
ALECK COMMENTS?
>> COMING UP AT 5:30 WE TALK
TO DETROIT’S QUEEN OF THE
BLUES AND SHE’S GOING TO
TELL US ACTUALLY WHAT SHE
HAS DONE WHEN PEOPLE INSULT
HER.
AND THAT’S COMING UP AT
5:30.
I’LL SEE YOU THEN.
>> WE APPRECIATE IT.
THANK YOU, PAULA.
>>> THERE WERE ALSO A FEW
FEEL GOOD MEMORABLE MOMENTS
AT THE OSCARS WE’LL
HIGHLIGHT A FEW OF THOSE.
SO IF YOU DID WATCH THE SHOW