Ricky Gervais subtly shares his views on Will Smith slapping Chris Rock at the Oscars

clip of his reaction to Twitter on April 3, but reposted it to TikTok Tuesday, where it boasts 7.5 million views.“That was like the tamest joke I would’ve ever told,” the UK comic, 60, scoffed on camera regarding Rock’s joke.Gervais, for one, thought they were overreacting, claiming incredulously, “Someone said it was joking about her disability.”“Well I’m going a bit thin, I’m disabled,” “The Office” mastermind mocked while pointing at his head. “I can park right up next to Tesco’s now [in disabled parking].” “I’m fat, that’s a disease.

The following article contains footage that some readers may find distressing. Oscars 2022 producer Will Packer has broken his silence over the altercation between Will Smith and Chris Rock during Sunday night's (March 27) Academy Awards presentation. During the live broadcast Smith walked onto the stage and slapped Rock in the face, after the comedian made a joke about his wife Jada Pinkett Smith while preparing to announce the winner of the Best Documentary Oscar.

Will Smith slapped Chris Rock at the Oscars ‘still triggers him in some way’. On Sunday evening at the Academy Awards, Smith struck Rock live on stage after the comedian made a quip about Jada Pinkett Smith’s short haircut, apparently unaware that she has alopecia. While Smith has since issued a public apology, the Academy has launched a formal investigation into the incident, stating in a recent statement that the actor ‘was asked to leave’ the awards ceremony but ‘refused’.

making a joke about Jada Pinkett-Smith's hair loss during the Oscars. Reports now suggest that Rock didn't know about Jada's alopecia.

Will Smith has apologised for slapping Chris Rock at the Oscars after the comedian made a joke about his wife Jada Pinkett Smith. The actor shocked the live audience at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on Sunday, 27 March, when he strode on stage and hit Rock across the face with an open hand during the ceremony.

LIVE – Updated at 13:21This year’s Oscars featured shocks, sighs and surprises – but all anyone will care about is a slap. The Academy Awards took place on Sunday night, with films including The Power of the Dog, West Side Story, Licorice Pizza and Coda battling it out in the big categories. The biggest story of the night had almost nothing to do with the awards: a shocking altercation between Will Smith and Chris Rock sparked by a joke about Smith’s wife Jada.

Jada Pinkett Smith, the wife of Will Smith, has shared her first message following the controversy that rocked the Oscars at the weekend.

By now, everyone has weighed in on Will Smith and Chris Rock slapping at the Oscars. 

Will Smith and Chris Rock certainly delivered a very memorable Oscars moment on Sunday night.

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Liam Payne got everyone's mind off the Chris Rock and Will Smith Oscars beef when he appeared on Good Morning Britain this morning.

“Keep my wife’s name out of your f****** mouth. ” That’s what best actor winner Will Smith shouted - twice - after hitting Chris Rock in the face for making a joke about Jada Pinkett Smith’s hair. Going out un-bleeped in the UK, it was a bizarre, shocking moment of violence that cast a weird pall over the rest of the awards, not least Smith’s own win for King Richard.