Will Smith Slaps Chris Rock In The Face On Oscars Stage

[chainsaw midget]

Tin foil hat time...

... could it possibly have been staged? It looked to me like Chris Rock was smirking a bit as he walked off stage.

Though too be fair he could have been wincing and it just looked to me like a smirk. Or maybe he's had some long standing beef with Smith and he was in fact smirking, like "Oooooh... that one got him."

Chris seems far too shake up afterwards for it to have been fake.  He seems at a loss for words and stumbled over his next few lines. 

On top of that, what would Will Smith have to gain from this?  He's already getting an Oscar so he doesn't need the publicity and this basically ruins the nice guy image he's tried to uphold his entire career. 

[Allhallowsday]

Tin foil hat time...

... could it possibly have been staged? It looked to me like Chris Rock was smirking a bit as he walked off stage.

Though too be fair he could have been wincing and it just looked to me like a smirk. Or maybe he's had some long standing beef with Smith and he was in fact smirking, like "Oooooh... that one got him."

I considered it was staged and have rejected the notion.  
CHRIS ROCK never looked better.  
WILL SMITH looks like something Fido leaves on the sidewalk.  

[Trevor]

I don't think it was staged. Chris Rock seemed genuinely shocked and Will Smith seemed genuinely angry.

This probably won't happen but I would like to see Will Smith hand his Oscar back.

[chainsaw midget]

https://variety.com/2022/film/news/will-smith-resigns-academy-oscars-slap-chris-rock-1235221041/?fbclid=IwAR3RabqtFxmZAcEWIPu5U47TWx-kSb9PwlVIToDa2StFElmfpiS8Ik7MRqE

Will Smith has resigned from the Academy.

[Chuck Most]

Well there goes my tinfoil hat theory. You guys brought up some great points... And Smith ditching the academy pretty much ices it. 

[chainsaw midget]

https://youtu.be/ZQvUWlI0Vuw

[claws]

Academy Bans Will Smith From Oscars for 10 Years

The Board has decided, for a period of 10 years from April 8, 2022, Mr. Smith shall not be permitted to attend any Academy events or programs, in person or virtually, including but not limited to the Academy Awards.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/academy-bans-will-smith-from-oscars-ten-years-1235127331/

[Trevor]

Academy Bans Will Smith From Oscars for 10 Years

The Board has decided, for a period of 10 years from April 8, 2022, Mr. Smith shall not be permitted to attend any Academy events or programs, in person or virtually, including but not limited to the Academy Awards.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/academy-bans-will-smith-from-oscars-ten-years-1235127331/

If it were up to me, he would have had his Oscar revoked. I would have demanded the same in Harvey Weinstein and Roman Polanski's cases too.

[RCMerchant]

 ^ Oscars don't mean s**t. Does anyone even recall or care who won even 2 years ago? Does it even matter?
A big gold dildo. I wish they would put all these A-list nobodies in a ring and let them b***h slap each other. Last one standing wins.

I wasn't talking about you, Captain!

[Alex]

*sigh* One guy slaps another guy and it makes headlines for days/weeks around the world.

Meanwhile in other places wars are happening where people are raped and killed. People die of starvation in droughts and famines, serial killers torture people to death and go uncaught and so on.

If this had happened in a bar between two guys the chances are the police would have ignored it with much more important things to deal with.

[Allhallowsday]

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