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Pitts: Slapping Chris Rock was wrong way for Will Smith to support wife

By Leonard Pitts Jr.
Apr 1, 2022

Pitts: Slapping Chris Rock was wrong way for Will Smith to support wife | Commentary | postandcourier.com

Will Smith slaps Chris Rock over bald Jada Pinkett joke in Oscars meltdown

Will Smith accosted Chris Rock at the 2022 Oscars Sunday night for joking about his wife Jada Pinkett Smith’s bald head.
Rock took to the stage and quipped, “Jada, I love you, ‘G.I. Jane 2,’ can’t wait to see it,” but while the “King Richard” star first laughed about the joke, he immediately turned sour.

“G.I. Jane” is a 1997 movie starring a shaven-headed Demi Moore as a soldier entering the armed services.

Pinkett Smith, 50, looked furious before the censors turned on and muted Rock, 57, and Smith’s exchange. Lip readers, however, quickly realized a livid Smith, 53, shouted, “Keep my wife’s name out of your f–king mouth.”

Momentarily fazed, Rock responded, “Wow, Will Smith just smacked the s–t out of me” before defending what was “just a ‘G.I. Jane’ joke,” but the Oscar-winning actor was not having it and again screamed, “Keep my wife’s name out of your f–king mouth.”

“That was the greatest night in the history of television,” Rock remarked.

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here's a picture of my dress at the award show where we are apparently assaulting people on stage now.

Serena Williams

In one video, Williams is seen speechless with her mouth open, and in another video, Williams says: "I just sat down, because I was like, I gotta put that drink down."

Wanda Sykes

here's In an appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show Wednesday, Sykes told the host she felt "sickened" and "physically ill" by Smith's actions.

"For them to let him stay in that room and enjoy the rest of the show and accept his award, I was like, 'How gross is this? This is just the wrong message,'" she said. "You assault somebody, you get escorted out the building and that's it. For them to let him continue, I thought it was gross."

Amy Schumer

said that she is ‘traumatised’ after Will Smith slapped Chris Rock at the Oscars.

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A previous Will Smith fan that was sickened because of his actions at the Oscars. Violence towards a comedian for telling a joke. Is never the way to go.

Please donate any amount. No amount is too big or too small. This way I can continue to put together the newest news on Will Smith. Let's show him that he's not too big to be canceled. Anyone that feels like he can assault someone on live tv and go party afterwards with no remorse. Please help me to cancel Mr. Will Smith.

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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

said Smith's act of violence is damaging to people of color because it perpetuates negative racial stereotypes.

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OJ Simpson

He was wrong but I understand the sentiment.

Maria Shriver

We should never get to a place where we sit and watch a movie star hit someone on global television then, moments later, get a standing ovation while talking about love.

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About Me

A previous Will Smith fan that was sickened because of his actions at the Oscars. Violence towards a comedian for telling a joke. Is never the way to go.

#CANCELWILLSMITH

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