The 94th Academy Awards ceremony was presented today. The biggest surprise at the scene was: the presenter Chris Rock joked about Will Smith’s wife Jada Pinkett Smith (thinking that the other party was bald and could be shaved to play “GI Jane”), which made Will Smith furious on stage and fan him A slap in the face, and after the slap, he asked the other party not to mention Jada’s name again.
Afterwards, Oscar’s official statement: The Academy does not tolerate violence of any kind. Will Smith apologized to the organizing committee and nominees after winning the Oscar, while Chris Rock refused to report the incident to Los Angeles police.
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This scene shocked many viewers and organizers. It seems that it was not planned in advance, but Will Smith played it on the spot.
Afterwards, Will Smith’s publicist and Oscar winner Denzel Washington stepped forward to appease Will Smith.
Interestingly, Will Smith won his first Oscar for Best Actor for “King Richard”.
In his acceptance speech, he apologized for his gaffe: “Denzel Washington just told me, this is the highlight of my life, be careful not to let the devil in your heart interfere. I want to apologize to the Oscar organizing committee, Apologies to those who nominated with me. Hopefully the Academy will invite me to the Oscars in the future.”
After the incident, the LAPD released a statement: “We have been informed of an incident between the two during the Oscars. This incident involved one person slapping the other. The person involved (Chris Rock) refused to report the incident to the police. If The person wishes to report the incident to the police at a later date, and the LAPD will provide an investigative report.”
Reactions from all parties:
Comedy actress Kathy Griffin: Publicly slapping a stand-up comedian on a live stage is a very bad example. We worry about who will be the next Will Smith in the stand-up comedy club.
Michael Ian Black: It’s so disappointing, Will Smith, who played Muhammad Ali, couldn’t beat Chris Rock with one punch.
Comedy actress London Hughes: So starting in 2022, will it be okay to beat up comedians who tell jokes in public? Next time I’m going to record a Netflix comedy special I’ll have to go through a video link software.
Black actor Lakeith Stanfield: This scene is so crazy, kind of surreal.
Black actor Colman Domingo: “Will Smith and I are both from West Philadelphia. We are more enthusiastic people. Family is very important to us. If you are too enthusiastic, something will happen. If Chris Rock is here, we will hug each other, just Let this pass, and misunderstandings will always happen.”
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