WILL SMITH. Will Smith slapped Chris Rock at the 2022 Oscars. The comedian had indeed made fun of the baldness of his wife Jada Pinkett Smith, who suffers from an illness. Video and return to the sequence that turned the evening upside down.
[Mis à jour le 28 mars 2022 à 10h14] Sketch or reality? Will Smith certainly turned the 2022 Oscars ceremony upside down, even more than Coda’s victory. The actor, Oscar winner the same evening, slapped Chris Rock in the middle of the evening. He did not appreciate that the comedian made a joke about the shaved head of his wife Jada Pinkett Smith, who suffers from alopecia.
Will Smith then yelled “Leave my wife’s name out of your fucking mouth!” This sequence caused unease in the room, especially when the public understood that it was not part of the skit. A few minutes later, the actor of The Williams Method wins the Best Actor Oscar and apologizes for his behavior, but not to Chris Rock. The Academy of Oscars later condemned the move on social media.
If Will Smith hit Chris Rock at the 2022 Oscars, it was above all because of a bad joke from the master of ceremonies. The comedian, who came to introduce the Oscar for best documentary, had made a joke about the wife of Will Smith, Jada Pinkett-Smith and about her baldness due to a disease, alopecia. He notably compared her to Demi Moore, bald in the film On equal terms. Will Smith didn’t like the joke at all, as he stood up and punched Chris Rock in the face, before yelling, “Leave my wife’s name out of your f***ing mouth!”
The slap given by Will Smith to Chris Rock caused amazement at the Oscars 2022. For a time, we wonder if this is part of the sketch as the sequence is mind-blowing. Quickly, when Will Smith shouts at Chris Rock using the word “fuck”, observers understand that it is not a sketch but a stroke of blood from the actor. The reaction of Chris Rock, visibly shocked and struggling to regain his composure, is also an indicator that something is wrong during the ceremony. The Academy then reacted on its Twitter account to remind that it did not “close its eyes” to the acts of violence, calling however to celebrate the winners of the evening.
In the United States, the channel broadcasting the Oscars cuts the sound, and commercial breaks quickly interrupt the evening. At that time, Will Smith’s press attaché, as well as several of his friends, including Denzel Washington, get together with the actor to help him calm down and advise him on what to do for the rest of the evening. Subsequently, Will Smith avoided the traditional press conference given by the Oscar winners and did not comment to reporters. It is therefore not known if the slap of Will Smith to Chris Rock was staged, in any case, the clues seem to point to the theory of a real bloodshed of the actor.
During the commercial break, Denzel Washington tried to calm Will Smith down, while his publicist came to talk to him several times. The actor was seen in tears during this sequence, probably measuring the scope of his gesture. A few minutes later, once the confusion passed, a new sequence came to upset this pusic ceremony Will Smith received the Oscar for best actor for his role in The Williams Method.
In a confused speech, in tears, the actor did not fail to apologize to the Academy and the other nominees (but not to Chris Rock), before recalling that he took his role very seriously. protector and father: “Art imitates life. I look like a crazy father tonight, like Richard Williams. But love makes you do crazy things,” he said, in tears, before launching: “Thank you. I hope that the Academy of Oscars will invite me again.” According to Vanity Fair, Will Smith later declined to comment on the streak and did not answer questions from reporters at the press conference following his victory.
What Will Smith Risk After Punching Chris Rock?
It is not really known what relationship Will Smith and Chris Rock had before the famous slap of the Oscars 2022. According to information from Variety, which cites the Los Angeles police, Chris Rock would have decided not to file a complaint against Will Smith after that it hit him on the Oscars stage. The Oscar-winning actor faced six months in prison and a $100,000 fine. If Chris Rock has not filed a complaint for the moment, he still has six months to change his mind. The Academy is also unlikely to ask Will Smith to return his Best Actor Oscar, despite condemning his behavior half-heartedly on social media, saying ‘not condoning acts of violence’ but preferring to celebrate the winners of the evening.
Will Smith and Jada Pinkett met in 1994. The actress auditioned for the role of the girlfriend of the character played by Will Smith in the series The prince of Bel-Air. Jada Pinkett will not land the role, but begins a friendly relationship with the actor. Their romance really began in 1997. They married and gave birth to a son, jadeen, born in 1998 and a daughter, Willow, born in 2000. Before meeting Jada Pinkett Smith, Will Smith had married Sheree Zampino in 1992. They had a boy, Trey Smith, the same year. Three years after their marriage, the couple divorced.
In 2018, Jada-Pinkett Smith announces in the series Red Table Talk suffering from alopecia, a “terrifying” experience: “my hair has always been an important part of my identity. Taking care of my hair – and having the choice to have it or not – was a magnificent ritual for me. And a day, I realized that I will no longer have that choice”. This autoimmune disease, more commonly known as baldness, causes hair loss. She decides to completely shave her head. On Instagram, the actress reacted to the disease in these terms: “From now on, I can only laugh about it. You all know that I suffer from alopecia and suddenly, it was translated like this” , she said, showing her shaved head.
The couple Will Smith / Jada Pinkett Smith regularly mocked
The couple made no secret that they weren’t the traditional Hollywood couple. Jada Pinkett Smith in particular is also regularly mocked on social networks. Indeed, they concluded by mutual agreement to associate with other people, and to have an open marriage. In GQ magazine, Will Smith explained in effect: “Jada never believed in conventional marriage. Some members of her family had an unconventional relationship. So she grew up in a very different way from mine. […] We ended up giving each other confidence and freedom, with the belief that everyone must find their own way. For us, marriage should not be a prison.”