Jada Pinkett Smith’s Red Table Talk is returning to Facebook Watch on Wednesday for its first episode since her husband Will Smith slapped Chris Rock at the Oscars last month. Watch a trailer below.
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Zack Sharf Michael Bay isn’t here for your questions about Will Smith slapping Chris Rock at the 2022 Oscars. Bay directed Smith in two of his signature action movies, “Bad Boys” and “Bad Boys II.” Asked by Yahoo to weigh in on the slap, Bay responded, “I don’t really care.”“I wasn’t watching. I saw it.
First of all, it’s wrong to begin with,” Bay said. “I don’t really care. Hollywood gets very self-absorbed.
There are babies getting blown up in the Ukraine right now. We should be talking about that. I really don’t care.”Bay only had this to add about the incident at the Oscars: “I’ve worked with him.
He’s not that guy. I’ve never seen him lose his cool like that. I thought it was a set up because I saw his smirk.
I’ve been on set when Will has screwed with people and joked with people. It was a slap. Not a punch.
He’s very good at fighting, he’s trained at that. It’s wrong to begin with. Then I knew the yell… he was mad.” Smith and Bay’s “Bad Boys” movies grossed over $400 million worldwide, unadjusted for inflation.
Smith returned to the franchise in 2020 with the third entry, “Bad Boys for Life.” That film was directed by Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah, although Bay appeared in the movie in a cameo role. The third film grossed $426 million worldwide.Since the 2022 Oscars, Smith has both apologized to Chris Rock and has resigned from the Academy. In a statement announcing his resignation, Smith wrote, “I betrayed the trust of the Academy.
I deprived other nominees and winners of their opportunity to celebrate and be celebrated for their extraordinary work. I am heartbroken.”Bay was asked about the slap while promoting his new action movie “Ambulance,” starring Jake Gyllenhaal. The movie opens in theaters nationwide
.Jada Pinkett Smith’s Red Table Talk is returning to Facebook Watch on Wednesday for its first episode since her husband Will Smith slapped Chris Rock at the Oscars last month. Watch a trailer below.
Entertainment Weekly. “I was watching James Cameron’s ‘True Lies’ and I’m like, ‘Oh my God, this guy has so much money. I have only $9 million.“They had no faith in it,” Bay continued.
DJ Jazzy Jeff has become the latest artist to wade into the Will Smith Oscars slap debate, defending the actor for his “human” reaction.Last month, Smith struck Chris Rock on-stage during the Academy Awards ceremony following a joke about his wife Jada Pinkett Smith’s shaved head. Following numerous apologies over the incident, Smith resigned from the Academy and described his actions as “shocking, painful, and inexcusable,” before being banned from the Oscars for a decade.Since the incident, Smith has been condemned by a number of celebrities including A$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.
controversial Oscars slap on March 27.The “Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” actor, 53, smacked Chris Rock during the 94th Academy Awards last month. Jazzy Jeff, 57, held a Closed Sessions Legend Conversation at Dorian’s Through the Record Shop in Chicago last week where he opened up about his friend and old collaborator’s eruption onstage.“Don’t get it twisted that it was something he was proud of. It was a lapse in judgment, you know?” the songwriter began.
LOS ANGELES -- The motion picture academy on Friday banned Will Smith from attending the Oscars or any other academy event for 10 years following his slap of Chris Rock at the Academy Awards.The move comes after a meeting of the academy's Board of Governors to discuss a response to Smith's actions. It is unclear whether the ban would apply to future nominations.“The 94th Oscars were meant to be a celebration of the many individuals in our community who did incredible work this past year; however, those moments were overshadowed by the unacceptable and harmful behavior we saw Mr.
The aftermath of Will Smith's slap of Chris Rock onstage during the 2022 Oscars has reportedly been a "nightmare" for his family. A source told Us Weekly that "it’s been a nightmare for everyone." "Will knows the road to redemption is going to be a long and painful one, and there’s a part of him that’s grown to accept he’ll never be able to fully repair the damage that was caused," the outlet reported. The Smith family at the 2022 Oscars. (Patrick T.
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Whoopi Goldberg is confident that Will Smith's career "will be fine" after the actor slapped Chris Rock at the Oscars. During The View on Monday, the Sister Act star and her co-hosts discussed a report suggesting that development on the Oscar winner's upcoming movies, including Netflix's Fast and Loose, has been paused following the controversy on 27 March. Goldberg, who is a member of the Academy's Board of Governors and a former Oscar host, said that she believes his career will make a comeback.
This year’s Oscars ceremony turned into a media circus after Will Smith slapped guest presenter Chris Rock for making a joke about Jada Pinkett Smith‘s hair, alluding to the actress making a sequel to the Ridley Scott film “G.I. Jane.” Since then, Smith has made multiple apologies and even resigned his membership in The Academy.
radio station Heart about the tattoo for a segment on the weirdest thing he has been asked to do at work.Having been a tattoo artist for three years and specializing in hyper-realistic portraits, Arton said he was happy to oblige.Arton isn’t alone with the seemingly odd request: A tattoo artist in New Jersey also received a request for the unique tattoo, shocking many online.Oscar Aguilar Jr. shared a video on his Instagram of the finished product, which has been reposted to TikTok with nearly 15,000 views as of Tuesday.Commenters were quick to call the tattoo “unnecessary,” “childish” and “so dumb.” “Did that not happen like two days ago?” an Instagram commenter added.A post shared by ⚜️Oscar Aguilar Jr⚜️ (@oaguilarcrafted)The moment has been etched into infamy worldwide, too.
slapping Chris Rock at the Oscars.Bay, who directed Smith in “Bad Boys” and “Bad Boys II,” was not watching the 2022 Oscars live, but was flooded with texts about the incident.“I wasn’t watching. I saw it. First of all, it’s wrong to begin with,” Bay told Yahoo! Entertainment.“I don’t really care.
Will Smith's former director has a lesson for Hollywood stars still weighing in on the Oscars slap heard 'round the world: there are bigger things to worry about. Director Michael Bay, who worked with Smith on "Bad Boys 1" and "Bad Boys 2," said at the end of the day the actor's onstage violence of Rock was "wrong." Still, he insisted that it's not exactly the first thing on his mind when he thinks about issues going on in the world. "First of all, it’s wrong to begin with," Bay shared with Deadline while promoting his upcoming thriller "Ambulance." "But that’s all people are talking about.
Transformers director Michael Bay wasn’t watching the Oscars so he missed everything that went down, including the moment when best actor winner Will Smith slapped Chris Rock across the face on the Oscar stage.
Over a week after Will Smith slapped Chris Rock at the Oscars, Micheal Bay is now weighing in.
Michael Bay is sharing his thoughts about the aftermath of Will Smith‘s 2022 Oscars slap.
E! News, “I don’t even know what to say about the Oscars. I have no jokes about it. All I can say is that, I don’t know if you saw this, but Will Smith slapped Chris Rock.
Tonight on SNL, Weekend Update‘s anchors Colin Jost and Michael Che made every Will Smith joke they’d been holding onto over the course of the past week, following the Oscar winner’s slap of Chris Rock at the 94th Academy Awards.
Will Smith’s palm. When you’re covering Oscars parties, naïve friends and family will tell you to “look out” for certain stars for them, not realizing the weekend isn’t about celebrity sightings and selfies, but a grueling yet glamorous slog of sleepless nights, slippery scoops, PR provocations, hors d’oeuvres and anxiety. You become completely un-star struck.