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Oscar's 2022, Was this for real?

Will Smith slapping Chris Rock for making fun of Jada Pinkett?

I didn't see it live but read about it on twitter.😲
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Re: Oscar's 2022, Was this for real?

@JaneMarple I watched about 5 minutes. Just long enough to see/hear Wanda Sykes (who I don't like anyway) telling Judi Dench some kind of a quote from Kim Kardashian, something like "use your a s s" or something like that. How crude.  I quit watching after that.

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Re: Oscar's 2022, Was this for real?

And people wonder why respect is lacking in our society.
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Re: Oscar's 2022, Was this for real?

It apparently was real!  Quite shocking to see!  You can see the uncensored snip all over the internet.

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The GI Jane joke was tasteless but not enough to get assaulted over.
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He won best actor and he has been hammering on nonsense, utter nonsense for 10 mins I had to turn tv off what pompous idiot.  They needed to get hook and drag him off, lol.  Ruined the whole show

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Re: Oscar's 2022, Was this for real?

Chris Rock made a joke about Jada being in GI Jane 2. She has alopecia.

 

I saw the uncensored version on Twitter. Will went on stage and took a swing or slap at him. He went back to his seat and yelled "keep my wife's name out of your ...mouth" twice. Rock said I will.

 

Will won for best actor, cried, said he was being protective, apologized to the academy, said he hoped they would invite him back.

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I was hoping that this wasn't real but one of those tasteless phony skits that Hollywood thinks is funny. ☹
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@JaneMarple  I agree.  There have been many tasteless, insulting jokes before and people took it in stride.  I guess this just hit a raw nerve for Smith.  Personally, I am not a fan of Chris Rock or Ricky Gervais.

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Will Smith is claiming that smacking Chris Rock was an act of love for his family but to me it was a lack of self control combined with an opportunity to create drama.  It was ugly and I'm surprised that Smith is receiving as much support as he is for acting out violently for the world to see over a comedian's joke that everyone would have forgotten 5 minutes after.