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Will Smith vs. Chris Rock at the Oscars: The Uncomfortable Aftermath and What It Means.
On today’s s topic, we debrief our fans about the Will Smith and Chris Rock incident at the Oscars .
To recap: whereas presenting the Best Documentary Feature award, comic Chris Rock made a joke about Smith’s spouse, Jada Pinkett Smith, being bald, making a reference to the 1997 Demi Moore movie G.I. Jane. (Pinkett Smith has been open about her struggles with alopecia, a situation that causes sudden hair loss.) While Pinkett Smith seemed visibly uncomfortable by the joke, nobody was so irate as Will Smith, who instantly leapt from his seat, jumped onstage and slapped a clearly shocked Rock within the face. In unedited variations of the published, Smith, who was nominated for the Best Actor Oscar for King Richard, could possibly be heard shouting, “Keep my wife’s name out of your fucking mouth.”Will Smith’s Oscar slap reveals fault lines as he defends Jada Pinkett Smith against Chris Rock! The fiasco took the attention away from the rest of the event. In what became one of the most infamous moments in the history of the Oscars, Smith got out of his seat to slap Rock for a bad joke aimed at Jada Pinkett Smith.
Chris Rock said he had been 'bullied ridiculously' as a child, quote , 'Half of the bullying was because I was just a little guy. Then I got bused to school and the bullying was because I was [a] little guy and I was Black. I was getting double bullied.'
Here are my 14 takes from this incident.
Love over hate.
TAEP is launched Weekly on all audio streaming platforms, together with Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, Stitcher or wherever you listen to your podcasts.
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On today’s s topic, we debrief our fans about the Will Smith and Chris Rock incident at the Oscars .
To recap: whereas presenting the Best Documentary Feature award, comic Chris Rock made a joke about Smith’s spouse, Jada Pinkett Smith, being bald, making a reference to the 1997 Demi Moore movie G.I. Jane. (Pinkett Smith has been open about her struggles with alopecia, a situation that causes sudden hair loss.) While Pinkett Smith seemed visibly uncomfortable by the joke, nobody was so irate as Will Smith, who instantly leapt from his seat, jumped onstage and slapped a clearly shocked Rock within the face. In unedited variations of the published, Smith, who was nominated for the Best Actor Oscar for King Richard, could possibly be heard shouting, “Keep my wife’s name out of your fucking mouth.”Will Smith’s Oscar slap reveals fault lines as he defends Jada Pinkett Smith against Chris Rock! The fiasco took the attention away from the rest of the event. In what became one of the most infamous moments in the history of the Oscars, Smith got out of his seat to slap Rock for a bad joke aimed at Jada Pinkett Smith.
Chris Rock said he had been 'bullied ridiculously' as a child, quote , 'Half of the bullying was because I was just a little guy. Then I got bused to school and the bullying was because I was [a] little guy and I was Black. I was getting double bullied.'
Here are my 14 takes from this incident.
Love over hate.
TAEP is launched Weekly on all audio streaming platforms, together with Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, Stitcher or wherever you listen to your podcasts.