Will Smith, who won the best actor award at the 94th Academy Awards this year, slapped host Chris Rock for joking about his wife’s hairstyle at the awards ceremony, creating a wide repercussion among celebrities on social media. While many of the well-known names from the film and music world reacted to the famous actor’s behavior, there were also those who saw Will Smith as right or found Chris Rock’s joke inappropriate.
Some of the celebrities and their messages about the event on social media are as follows:
SON OF WILL SMITH AND JADA PINKETT SMITH, RAPPER AND ACTOR JADEN SMITH:
“That’s how we do it.”
COMEDIAN KATHY GRIFFIN:
“Let me tell you something, it’s a very bad thing to go on stage and physically assault a comedian. Now we all have to worry about who will be the next Will Smith in comedy clubs and theaters.”
COMEDIAN AND ACTRESS TIFFANY HADDISH:
In an interview with People magazine: “It was very meaningful to me to see a black man defend his wife. Isn’t it a husband’s behavior when someone says, ‘Take my wife’s name out of your mouth, leave my wife alone,’ defending your wife?”
ACTRESS SOPHIA BUSH:
“Violence is not the right thing to do. Attack is never the solution. But it’s also Chris’ second teasing of Jada on the Oscars stage and tonight she’s dealing with hair loss. It’s not okay to mock someone’s autoimmune disease. It’s cruel to do it on purpose. . They both need respite.”
TALK SHOW SERVER CONAN O’BRIEN:
“I saw Will Smith’s slap. Do any of you have a late-night talk show I can borrow just for tomorrow?”
RAPER NICKI MINAJ:
“You witness the mood of a man when he sees the woman he loves trying to hold back his tears over a ‘little joke’.”
FILM PRODUCER ROB REINER:
“Will Smith owes Chris Rock a huge apology. There is no excuse for what you did. Luckily Chris isn’t suing him.”
ACTRESS AND MODEL JODIE TURNER-SMITH:
“I’m still weighing the case in my head. I feel secondhand embarrassment for those involved.”
ACTOR MARK HAMILL:
“Those who act alone on stage are adept at dealing with those who make fun of them. A bullying physical attack is not much.”
WILL PACKER, PRODUCER OF THE OSCARS’ TELEVISION BROADCAST:
“I told you the Oscars wouldn’t be boring.”