Intelligent observation Oscar Awards Ceremony following he ascended will Smith He went on stage and slapped the evening’s host, Chris Rock, who joked regarding the shaven head of Will Smith’s wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, who has a hair-loss disease.
Rock likened Jada Pinkett Smith’s short hair to Demi Moore’s shaven head in Ridley Scott’s 1997 movie GI Jane. It was noted that Rock’s statement upset Jada Pinkett Smith, who had previously spoken out regarding her hair loss. Will Smith, who at first laughed at the joke, only went up to the stage and slapped Chris Rock, and the slap was heard at the microphones in the amazement of the audience in the hall or the spectators who watched the evening from their homes.
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ABC cut the sound during the ensuing scene, but the dialogue was heard on foreign televisions.
“Wow. Wow. Will Smith just slapped me,” Chris Rock said. “It was a joke regarding GI Jane,” he justified.
“Leave my wife’s name out of your damn mouth,” cried Will Smith, and went back to his wife’s side.
Hollywood star Will Smith then won the Best Actor Oscar for his role in “King Richard”, where he plays the father and coach of tennis champions Serena and Venus Williams.
And the actor, in tears, “apologies to the Academy” (the body that administers the Oscars).
“Love makes you do crazy things,” he said.
(France Brush)
