Jay Leno is the latest comedian to react to Will Smith slapping Chris Rock at the 2022 Oscars.
02.04.2022 - 00:37 / perezhilton.com
This is wild.
A resurfaced Shawn Wayans monologue from the 2000 MTV VMAs seems to show the comedian (somewhat accurately) predicting Will Smith attacking Chris Rock at the Oscars!
In a now-viral video shared by Marlon Wayans (who co-hosted the awards show with his brother and frequent co-star), Shawn is seen taking the stage while reportedly impersonating a trash-talking Rock as he joked about many of the attendees. And the ending is remarkably similar to Sunday night’s fiasco!!
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The clip begins with the White Chicks alum calling out the likes of Destiny’s Child, Britney Spears, Jay-Z, and Diddy (who actually tried to confirm that the Chris/Will feud was over already on Sunday night). Shawn’s brutal jokes earn a chorus of laughs from the audience — even from The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air star!
Just as the monologue is about to be wrapped up, the jokes prove too much for one celeb — or at least it’s supposed to seem that way when a Diddy lookalike approaches the stage and pretends to smack the s**t out of the host! A bunch of other celebrity doppelgängers join him, making for a chaotic (fake) smackdown of Wayans — as Chris Rock — on live TV! Sound familiar?
Ch-ch-check it out!
There are definitely some striking similarities!
As y’all know, Will Smith stormed the Oscars stage after Chris made an insensitive G.I. Jane joke about Jada Pinkett Smith’s hair. The 53-year-old did almost the same thing as the throwback video, too, walking right on stage without a care in the world of security stopping him — and then slapping the comedian in the face. No wonder the audience thought it was a bit! But then Will sat back down in his seat and yelled at Chris,
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