Will Smith slaps Chris Rock at the Oscars

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

The Smiths are that one family in the neighbourhood that just overshare way too much and then cry when they become the butt of all jokes among the neighbours.

 

[MillionMilesAway]

If Rock had gone after her acting, that would likely have been fine. Par for the course.
He went after her illness - that makes it personal and a different matter.

 

[domalino]

I feel sorry for everyone else who won an award. Someone like Kenneth Brannaugh has been making good films for 30 years and finally gets his award, an independent film about deafness won 3 oscars including best picture - this is supposed to be their big moment, and some egotistical prick who's been taking Oscar bait roles for 20 years to try and get an award decided to make it all about him.

Everything about this was so pathetically weak. Laughing at the joke then snapping, slapping him, going back to your seat and then the speech...christ.

- He equated Richard Williams dealing with open racism and people trying to keep his daughters out of tennis to...his wife's friend making a joke about her.

- He got upset about public attention after going on his wife's talk show to air the fact she cheated on him and they have some sort of open marriage now.

- He refused to accept any responsibility and blamed the devil.

Now he's out celebrating like he's the only one who won an award and making them play his 90s hip hop songs at the after party.

It's genuinely pretty tragic that a minority think this was some show of manliness and protecting his family.

 

[Gorton_Tubster]

Laughing along or hitting the comedian aren't the only two possible options. He had the best possible platform to make his feelings known just 10 minutes later

Take the piss out of someones wife and thats the risk you take. Across the board any man would protect his wife. Surely? I would have thgouth "dont take the piss out of someones wife" would be the message rather than "Dont hit someone whos taken the piss out of your wife in front of the a global audience."

Took guts, well done him and any man that protects his wifes dignity

 

[metalblue]

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Hairdresser on fire?

 

[mexico1970]

If only Smiths wife protected him as much, Will is one of my favourite actors but he seems to be tinged with instability.

Yanks love a good roasting, Ricky Gervais had them over a barrel at the backslapping awards a few times.

 

[BlueHammer85]

Will Smith literally did laugh at the joke along with everyone else until he realised it didn't go over well with her.

laughing at a joke when the spotlights on you can just be a natural reaction before you process the implications of the joke

 

[Tugay One Cup]

Across the board any man would protect his wife.

"Look at me. I'm going to wipe this smile off my face and walk thirty feet to open hand slap a comedian half my size in order to protect my wife from her friend."

I don't think he should concern himself with protecting her dignity when she robbed him of his long ago.

It's about egos, nothing more.

 

[JustAnotherCityFan]

Take the piss out of someones wife and thats the risk you take. Across the board any man would protect his wife. Surely? I would have thgouth "dont take the piss out of someones wife" would be the message rather than "Dont hit someone whos taken the piss out of your wife in front of the a global audience."

Took guts, well done him and any man that protects his wifes dignity

What if it was a female host who made the joke. Should he still get up and hit her as well?

 

[jimbopm]

It doesn't take guts to resort to violence in the face of verbal insults, quite the opposite.