Oscars / Will Smith
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I don’t think it was staged. Smith came unhinged. Comedians make inappropriate jokes at every awards show and I’m sure other people have thought about smacking the comedian. But actually doing it? Going to be interesting to see what, if anything, the Academy does.
These people are ACTORS. Will prob knows how to act angry and upset. If I was in Vegas, I'd bet on it being fake. The replay I saw off the hit looked fake, like superfake.
It's Hollywood. Give me a break, don't believe anything any of these psychopaths do in public.
I think the last and only "academy" show I watched was when the movie "Titanic" was up for awards.
LAPD said they showed up and Rock declined to press charges.
I see Will and Jada's open relationship is going swimmingly.
Good on Chris Rock. I didn't hear the joke but it sounds like one was made for the sake of entertainment, and the people who it targeted - mostly JPS but Will Smith by extension - felt that her condition should be off limits (JPS has reportedly struggled with her condition of alopecia). Smith was standing up for her.
Id bet on it being a full on WWE fake just to drum up drama. However, if it wasn't someone needs to grow some thicker skin and attend anger management.
BTW I didnt watch the show but read the news story about it.
There will be no consequences for Will Smith. Apparently it's now okay to smack people at work but I don't think I'll give it a try.
There has always been a separate set of rules for the elite.
Good thing he didn't insult Alec Baldwin's wife....
Used to watch this event with my wife before Hollywood's virtue lecturing kicked in. Never liked rappers or singers transformed into actors, I thought it laughable when Will and wife pitched a hissy fit when he wasn't nominated for some role in the past. So I wasn't surprised when the recently intimidated, woke-ish academy caved and gave him the nod.
Will laughed at first. Jada when cut him dagger eyes and that’s when he walked up. Rock was punched bc of issues with Will’s relationship with Jada and his constant desire to make her happy not because it was over some line.
I don't think it was but could be. Never know with a bunch of Hollywood people.
Will needed something to bring his manhood points up.
If he didnt want Will to smack him he should have just had an affair with her.
Will so so despondent, he went and was dancing at an after party. And a slap..... If you're going to defend your wife, punch the guy.
From the angle I saw of it (recording, not live) it looked like a pulled open handed slap. Fake fake fake.
From the angle I saw of it (recording, not live) it looked like a pulled open handed slap. Fake fake fake.
Was there some sort of awards show on? I didn't notice.....
No one did. Most are seeing the video today, after the fact.
Did not see that as fake. At all. They aren’t good enough to pull off that level of awkward. That was like Andy Kaufman level stuff. But that was his schtick. These are two unconnected dudes. And it serves no one long term to fake that. Only thing worse for Smith is if this wasn’t real. And it would look TERRIBLE for the Academy. Putting on a fake fight? For what? So they’re never trusted again?
Rock did well. It looked to me like he anticipated Smith was going to come up to him to say something. He was off as soon as Smith started to come up. But he seemed to think it would be calm. Looked totally like he was shocked to be hit, and he went on to do a great job trying to keep it together. Folks can say he should have reacted differently but he was hosting a world wide show. He did the pro thing.
This won’t be criminal charges. Rock won’t sue. We will hear from their reps and maybe even them over the next few weeks. Months from now we will see blips of stories about Smith and Rock getting along someplace.
Media will shut this down. It’s worth the short term buzz but they won’t want to draw out this story.
Rock did well. It looked to me like he anticipated Smith was going to come up to him to say something. He was off as soon as Smith started to come up. But he seemed to think it would be calm. Looked totally like he was shocked to be hit, and he went on to do a great job trying to keep it together. Folks can say he should have reacted differently but he was hosting a world wide show. He did the pro thing.
This won’t be criminal charges. Rock won’t sue. We will hear from their reps and maybe even them over the next few weeks. Months from now we will see blips of stories about Smith and Rock getting along someplace.
Media will shut this down. It’s worth the short term buzz but they won’t want to draw out this story.
I keep seeing "Rock" and saying to myself... The Rock wasn't up there...... 😭😭😫😫
No way it was fake. I thought it was at first but then he’s sitting back down screaming at him. Unless you think the academy put them up to this which would be pretty weird and I can’t imagine Will Smith being like, “yeah let’s do a skit where I seem completely unhinged, sounds great”. There’s also slow motion footage showing he definitely made contact.
Could have done it as part of the skit. It will generate way more buzz than the show its self. This is probably the first time in years this many people have discussed the award show.
Willing to bet he doesnt slap the Rock like that.
I thought he was the on-again off-again closer for the Atlanta Braves. Or a Dodgers catcher.
Wonder how they will top this next year?
Will Smith gets in one little fight and now he has to live with his auntie and his uncle in Bellaire.
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