That would have been the intelligent thing to do but I think he just saw the red mist - I've been prone to that myself in the past and that urge to release one's anger can be overwhelming. I'm not familiar with the Smiths' issues but am assuming her condition was well-known. If so then it's very poor form from Chris Rock but perhaps he just forgot.Maybe true. Well he could have just called him out instead and said "I know your job is to make jokes about us tonight but joking about my wife's illness is not OK and you've crossed a line" and then got on with his acceptance speech. That would have been far more powerful and put all the spotlight on Chris Rock rather than himself.
He probably meant to say “keep your fucking cock out of my wife’s mouth” but not being that great an actor got it wrong.It looks staged because Will's angry husband routine is fake.
He seemed to find the joke funny until he saw his wife's face and remembered he is completely and utterly under the thumb.
"Keep my wife's fucking name out of your mouth!" That was embarrassing as fuck.
Why would they rehearse something like this?Rehearsed. If he'd connected with his mouth there would have been blood - these supposedly megastars really piss me off. Always trying to draw attention to themselves. 0 sympathy from me.
For those arguing that Will Smith defended his Wife. How many more people are now going to have seen the original joke because of Will's actions? How many more people are going to learn about their relationship issues and her extra marital affairs because of Will's actions?
He's just opened the entire family to 100 times more ridicule and embarrassment. So yeah short term he might have thought he was doing the right thing, but surely now everyone can see he's just completely fucked up.
That would have been the intelligent thing to do but I think he just saw the red mist - I've been prone to that myself in the past and that urge to release one's anger can be overwhelming. I'm not familiar with the Smiths' issues but am assuming her condition was well-known. If so then it's very poor form from Chris Rock but perhaps he just forgot.
Are we 100% sure that the comedian was even aware that there was one? He certainly seemed to protest that his joke was meant about the film.long term... other comedians might step back from joking about actors wives health issues.
20 pages of shite about them on a city forum.Why would they rehearse something like this?
I watched the interview with his wife and him from last year, if you watch her reaction vs his then it's no wonder he's messed up.For those arguing that Will Smith defended his Wife. How many more people are now going to have seen the original joke because of Will's actions? How many more people are going to learn about their relationship issues and her extra marital affairs because of Will's actions?
He's just opened the entire family to 100 times more ridicule and embarrassment. So yeah short term he might have thought he was doing the right thing, but surely now everyone can see he's just completely fucked up.
I understand this feeling but this situation doesn't seem to be that. Hes laughing and then gets up, slowly walks over and then pulls a punch so it isn't too hard and then goes and sits back down. If he had fully decended he'd have run over and people would need to pull him off Rock.The red mist is like somebody flicking a switch in your head, it's an odd one. Usually as we mature we learn to control it better but once switched on nothing else matters, it's like tunnel vision. A few years ago I had a bleed on the brain and for the first few months that switch was flicked at the slightest thing, it was actually quite scary. Once it was on I could easily have killed in that moment. Thankfully it's receded now.
Seems a bit unstable, could probably do with seeing someone
You're right, fxxcking international break has a lot to answer for.20 pages of shite about them on a city forum.
Imagine how much they are being talked about around the world.
I understand this feeling but this situation doesn't seem to be that. Hes laughing and then gets up, slowly walks over and then pulls a punch so it isn't too hard and then goes and sits back down. If he had fully decended he'd have run over and people would need to pull him off Rock.
To me it's just male bravado. Another man has insulted his wife and in the moment with the world watching hes thought he needs to show a bit of force and do his manly duty without going overboard. If it was a woman who said it he'd just have looked annoyed and then said something in his speech about it which is what he should have done anyway.
To be clear I'm not on here to give him a pass. If it comes to light that Chris Rock was aware of the alopecea and still went ahead with the joke then he deserves a censuring.I don't get why so many on here are giving Chris Rock a pass on this. He's a vile, spineless little dwarf of a man who uses his position now to get his own back on the big kids who bullied him at school. Talentless arsehole who actually thinks he's funny.