Opinion – I’m a fan of Will Smith. I’ve enjoyed his acting since his early days as the ‘Fresh Prince of Beverly Hills.’ He is generally a cool, even-keeled dude. But what he did at the Oscars, no matter how he felt, or how ignorant and insensitive the provocation, is simply outrageous and unacceptable.
It’s criminal assault. On national TV. At the Oscars. Over a bad joke.
Let me repeat that.
It’s criminal assault. On national TV. At the Oscars. Over a bad joke.
And while some dismiss it as a stupid Hollywood thing, that nobody cares about, it matters because much of the country has now seen it, and the entire country is talking about it.
Yes, Chris Rock joked about Smith’s wife, fellow actor Jada Pinkett Smith over her shaved head, reportedly unaware that she suffered from alopecia which causes hair loss. And yes, Rock mocked the Smiths at prior Oscars.
Rock appears to have a thing for the Smiths’, and his comments could be seen as mean spirited and stupid. And I understand Smith being mildly offended. As a traditional, conservative ‘toxic’ male, I can also appreciate Smith’s desire to protect his wife and mother of his children.
But strutting up onstage at a nationally televised awards event and violently striking the comedian across the face is beyond the pale. It is criminal assault. Over a bad joke. On national TV. At the Oscars.
But worse is that Smith, after cussing at the stricken Rock from his seat, after the assault, telling him to keep his wife’s name out of his “f*cking mouth,” simply stayed and enjoyed the show. With literally nothing more than being tearful and getting “pulled aside and comforted” by his Hollywood chums Denzel Washington and Tyler Perry during a commercial break.
‘Comforted’ a tearful Smith? Who was comforting Rock?
Not only that, but he later went up and received his long-awaited Oscar for best actor for ‘King Richard,’ and while emotionally apologizing to the organizers and fellow nominees, and rambling on about family and love, and admitting looking “like the crazy father,’ in King Richard, Smith didn’t apologize to Rock whom he assaulted.
He did say: “I’m hoping the Academy invites me back.”
And whether they do should be a serious question.
Smith was later seen partying it up after the Oscars as if nothing had happened.
Smith did apologize to Rock the next day on Instagram, saying: his behavior “unacceptable and inexcusable.”
Meanwhile some disturbed individuals are defending Smith. Comedian Tiffany Haddish called Smith’s actions “beautiful” and praised him for standing up for Jada.
Other looney tunes on Twitter and other social media immediately turned a violent assault by a privileged black man against another black man into a black women or transgender issue.
One gentleman tweeted:
Those defending Will Smith (as you should) please keep that same energy for the countless Black women, transgender people, and others who are often harassed and humiliated in the name of “jokes.” #Oscars
And rapper 50 Cent made light of the situation by posting an image of Smith’s tearful acceptance speech and tweeting, “You have to win Oscars to do this kinda s—. after i win i’m gonna slap the s— out of a few people. LOL”
Those defending Will Smith (as you should) please keep that same energy for the countless Black women, transgender people, and others who are often harassed and humiliated in the name of "jokes." #Oscars
— Ernest Owens (@MrErnestOwens) March 28, 2022
But the real victim, and the real gentlemen here is Rock, who tried to take the assault in stride, and tried to go on with his job, after HE apologized to Smith. Rock also declined to file a police report over the assault.
Others are less forgiving. And some hope the Academy will take some sort of punitive action against Smith, including taking away his Oscar.
As the U.S. Sun reports:
Fans called for the Fresh Prince star to hand back his prize after his outburst violated The Oscars’ Code of Conduct written in the wake of the MeToo Movement, which emphasized in 2017 the importance of “upholding the Academy’s values,” and “respect for human dignity.”
Taking to Twitter, one reacted: “Just imagine if that had been ANYONE but Will Smith.
“They would have been hauled off so fast. But we are not normalizing assault in 2022. No special treatment. Remove him #oscars”
A Hollywood source also told the NY Post that Smith could be stripped of his gong.
They said: “It’s basically assault.
YEAH. NO KIDDING. It’s criminal assault. On national TV. At the Oscars. Over a bad joke.
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Will is just being a good Hollywood commie. His party apologists have to come his aid.
Mr. Smith laughed at the effin joke.
Look at the pictures of her head. It’s covered with short hair. She doesn’t have alopecia any more than I do, she just likes short hair. This whole thing is lies and BS. Smith is just an ass hole.
There’s not one thing I like about smith and never have. This idiot isn’t even a second class actor and it’s problems with its temper from the get go!!!
LISTEN UP….If Every COMEDIAN got SMACKED for INSULTING PEOPLE….THEY would be OUT of a JOB. What is HAPPENING to the UKRAINE PEOPLE is WORSE than a SLAP in the FACE. INNOCENT PEOPLE are being SLAUGHTERED. From SamuraiQueen. 😥😥😥
Black privilege yet again just as Smollet let of jail in 5 days. The only way to fix all this BS going on is to vote the democrats out of office because they enable all the BS going on. My party has gone to crap.
Take away Smith’s Oscar! Otherwise the Academy is condoning Will Smith’s assault of Chris Rock.
IF, on the other hand, it was staged (as many are alledging) in the name of improving the ratings at the Oscars; then the Oscar’s need to apologize to America, and the 12 people who watched it live! And they need to consider what kind of human beings they are to promote violence in the name of ratings. After every Hollywood Liberal spent the entire Trump Administration bashing our President for WORDS!
It seems, to me, reparations are being paid. You witnessed ACT 10-12 here. I lost count. One that burned a man alive and faced sh!t for punishment. Another letting convicted cop killer speak at a university where criminal justice is highly regarded in academia about how the killer is a victim. You figure it out
The Academy represents stars and movie makers that have made billions and have filled every screen in the world with every depravity known to man, rape, murder, sex of every description and wholesale gore! Now they pretend to be outraged over a simple slap, what BS!
I stand with Will, the Joke on Jada was WORSE than the “little” slap in the face…..A REAL man stands UP for his wife/women in general….Also, making FUN of a Medical Condition is just DISGUSTING – what’s next – making FUN of children who are awfully sick with cancer…??????
Of course they do, that’s how twisted they are!!!
On the other hand, doing it at the Oscars guarantees the absolute minimum number of witnesses.
He was standing up for his wife if someone was blatanly insulting my wife I would do the same only it wouldn’t be a little slap I’d knock him out, I will defend myself and others, as for the ones who are male and say they are female, they are not female they are mentally ill and I don’t pick on the mentally ill how ever it is an out rage to let biological male to compete in womens sports, being mentally ill should not give a man an unfair advantage in womans sports it’s getting totally out of hand and if that offends you maybe you should be slaped
I looked up a picture of Demi Moore playing in GI Jane. While Demi and Jada could pass as [almost twin] sisters, Jada is the more beautiful “GI Jane”. Also there were videos of Jada embracing her baldness – even with expensive jewels. Wil Smith forgot to take his meds!?
Anyone ever think maybe it was a setup staged to make people talk about the Oscars again ? Because nowadays who gives a crap ,or even watches that crap anymore! Ratings are so low . And now all of a sudden lots of people are talking about it . Just throwing it out there!