Jim Carrey tears into ‘spineless’ Oscars crowd for Will Smith ovation after slap: ‘I was sickened’

The Mirror reports. Smith had won the Best Actor prize for his leading role in King Richard, taking to the stage to accept it not long after he had slapped Rock, who had joked that he couldn't wait to see Smith's wife Jada Pinkett Smith in GI Jane 2, referencing how Demi Moore famously shaved her head for the role. Jada had previously spoken of developing alopecia and deciding to shave her hair off after it started to fall out.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on Wednesday said that it is moving up an annual meeting by 10 days to more quickly address possible sanctions for Will Smith after his now-infamous slap of Chris Rock on live TV during the Oscars last month.

Jim Carrey is stepping out for the premiere of his new movie.

Denzel Washington is opening up about the night Will Smith slapped Chris Rock at the Oscars.The star attended a leadership summit for author and bishop T.D. Jakes on Saturday in Washington, D.C., where the discussion pivoted from the Oscar-winning actor's lifelong career in Hollywood and his faith to what transpired between the star and the comedian.«Well, there's a saying, 'When the devil ignores you, then you know you're doing something wrong.' The devil goes, 'Oh no, leave him alone, he's my favorite.' Conversely, when the devil comes at you, maybe it's because he's trying to do something right. And for whatever reason the devil got ahold of that circumstance that night,» said Washington via .Washington, who along with Tyler Perry comforted Smith following the confrontation, also added that he held a prayer with Smith following the incident.«Fortunately there were people there,» Washington said.

Variety, that his most recent film – Sonic the Hedgehog 2 – might be his last.“Well, I’m retiring,” Carrey said. “Yeah, probably. I’m being fairly serious.

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Jim Carrey has been blasted when footage resurfaced of him “forcibly kissing” Alicia Silverstone at an awards show after he criticised Will Smith over the Oscars slap. The comedian, 60, grabbed the actress and kissed her on the mouth as he accepted an award for Best Comedic Performance at the MTV Movie Awards in 1997. Social media critics have branded the actor a “hypocrite” after the star said Will Smith should have been arrested for slapping Chris Rock at the Oscars.

Jim Carrey has made an announcement about his career.

Jim Carrey declared that he’s retiring from the acting and comedy worlds. “I am retiring. I am being fairly serious,” he said in a new interview to Access Hollywood‘s Kit Hoover on Thursday, March 31. The 60-year-old didn’t say the door is closed for good on other projects though, explaining that he would consider a script that was “important for people to see.”

slapped comedian Chris Rock at Sunday’s Academy Awards. The footage — recorded by a member of the Oscars audience sitting just two rows from the stage — went viral on social media Wednesday night, racking up more than 350,000 views.In the vision, Smith can be seen storming off the stage and sitting back in his seat after assaulting Rock. “Wow, Will Smith just smacked the s–t out of me!” Rock then remarks, with the video appearing to show Pinkett Smith’s head tilting forward with laughter.

Read more: Will Smith issues public apology to Chris Rock for 'unacceptable and inexcusable' Oscars incident “I was sickened by the standing ovation. Hollywood is just spineless en masse and it really felt like this is a really clear indication that we aren’t the cool club anymore,” said the comic. The show's host, Gayle King, speculated: “If anyone else had walked from the audience and done that, they would’ve been escorted out by security or maybe even arrested.

Wanda Sykes has become the latest star to weigh in on the Oscars slap that stunned the world.

Jim Carrey is sharing his disappointment in Hollywood and the Academy after Sunday night's altercation between Will Smith and Chris Rock at the 2022 Oscars. Smith walked onstage and slapped the comedian after Rock made a joke about Smith's wife, Jada Pinkett Smith's, hair.Carrey was a guest on , where he addressed the incident, telling Gayle King that he was «sickened» by Smith's actions and what occurred afterward.«I was sickened,» Carrey said.

Oscars audience for applauding Will Smith following his altercation with Chris Rock.At the Oscars ceremony on Sunday (March 27), Smith struck the comedian on-stage following a joke about his wife Jada Pinkett Smith’s shaved head. In 2018, Pinkett Smith revealed she has alopecia.Later at the event, Smith received the award for Best Actor for his role in King Richard.

Jim Carrey, 60, was “sickened” by the standing ovation that Will Smith, 53, got at the 2022 Academy Awards on March 27. The King Richard star received huge support in the room when he won the Oscar for Best Actor, after he slapped Chris Rock, 57, on the stage earlier that night. Jim appeared on CBS Mornings two days later and explained to Gayle King why he was so turned off by the viral altercation.