DJ Jazzy Jeff has become the latest artist to wade into the Will Smith Oscars slap debate, defending the actor for his “human” reaction.Last month, Smith struck Chris Rock on-stage during the Academy Awards ceremony following a joke about his wife Jada Pinkett Smith’s shaved head. Following numerous apologies over the incident, Smith resigned from the Academy and described his actions as “shocking, painful, and inexcusable,” before being banned from the Oscars for a decade.Since the incident, Smith has been condemned by a number of celebrities including A$AP Rocky, Janet Hubert, Jim Carrey, Amy Schumer and Zoë Kravitz, while the likes of Denzel Washington and UK Chancellor Rishi Sunak have supported him.Speaking at a live event in Chicago, Jazzy Jeff – who formed the duo DJ Jazzy Jeff And The Fresh Prince with Smith in 1986 and won two Grammys for ‘Parents Just Don’t Understand’ and ‘Summertime’ before they split in 1994 – defended his former bandmate.“Don’t get it twisted that it was something he was proud of.
Jim Carrey Was ‘Sickened’ By Standing Ovation For Will Smith Following Oscars Slap
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Will Smith slapping Chris Rock did not sit well with Jim Carrey.
On Tuesday’s “CBS Mornings”, during a conversation with New York Times journalist Jenna Wortham, host Gayle King shared a clip from an interview with Carrey, reacting to the big incident at the Oscars.
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During the awards show, Rock made a joke about Smith’s wife Jada Pinkett Smith and her shaved hairstyle, which she wears as a result of alopecia. Smith reacted by walking up onto the stage and smacking Rock.
Minutes later, Smith accepted the award for Best Actor, delivering a tearful acceptance speech to a standing ovation.
Asked for his reaction to the incident, Carrey said, “I was sickened, I was sickened by the standing ovation. I felt like Hollywood is just spineless unmasked. It really felt like, Oh this is a really clear indication that we are not the cool club anymore.”
When King noted that some have said that had anyone else slapped Rock, they would have been escorted from the room and possibly arrested, Carrey said, “Should have been!”
On Rock’s decision not to file a report with the police, he said, “He doesn’t want the hassle. I would have announced this morning I was suing Will for $200 million because that video is gonna be there forever. It is going to be ubiquitous. That insult is going to last a very long time. If you want to yell from the audience or disapprove or say something on Twitter, but you do not have the right to walk up onstage and smack somebody in the face because they said words.”
King agreed, but added that she felt that the situation had escalated to that level.
“It didn’t escalate, it came out of nowhere because Will has
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