That Nicole Kidman Viral Oscars Gasp Was Not About Will Smith Slapping Chris Rock

Oscars were meant to be a celebration of the many individuals in our community who did incredible work this past year," Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences President David Rubin and Chief Executive Dawn Hudson said in a statement. "However, those moments were overshadowed by the unacceptable and harmful behavior we saw Mr. Smith exhibit on stage.

Billy Crystal‘s weighing in on Will Smith slapping Chris Rock at the 94th Academy Awards, and the 74-year-old comedian’s not mincing words when describing what he says transpired.

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Sharing their thoughts. Will Smith slapping Chris Rock at the 2022 Oscars ignited a conversation — including from the Philadelphia native’s The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air costars.

Denzel Washington has spoken out for the first time about Will Smith’s slap during the Oscars.

Denzel Washington is breaking his silence about Will Smith slapping Chris Rock onstage during last weekend’s Oscars.

Will Smith to leave after he slapped Chris Rock at the Oscars, despite claiming that the actor didn’t comply with requests to go, according to a new report.The Academy released a statement Wednesday to “clarify that Mr. Smith was asked to leave the ceremony and refused” — but sources claim the organization never attempted to give the “King Richard” actor the boot, TMZ reported.In fact, show producer Will Packer told Smith he could stay, TMZ reported, citing sources with direct knowledge who attended the show.

During the 2022 Academy Awards on March 27, viewers had a perfect glimpse at Will Smith slapping Chris Rock across the face over a joke about Jada Pinkett Smith‘s bald head. We saw Jada, 50, initially roll her eyes at the insult, while Will, 53, laughed it off at first. But then, seemingly after seeing his wife upset, the King Richard star got up from his seat to smack Chris, 57. Jada’s reaction was not visible on the screen during the shocking incident. But now things have changed.

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’.

Bella Thorne is coming out swinging for Will Smith after he slapped Chris Rock during the 94th Academy Awards on Sunday.

now-notorious Oscars 2022 “Hitch” slap, claiming that while he thinks the actor was “wrong,” he understood “the sentiment.” The infamous “Juice” tweeted histhoughts Tuesday in a now-viral video with nearly 900,000 views as of Wednesday morning.Simpson, 74, was referring to the incident that occurred at the Sunday’s Academy Awards, when the 53-year-old best actor winner for “King Richard” smacked Rock, 57, for cracking a divisive bald joke about his wife Jada Pinkett- Smith, who’s been open about her ongoing struggle with alopecia.“Hey look, it was unfortunate,” said the former Buffalo Bills running back. “I think Will was wrong.” Nonetheless, Simpson said he “understood the feeling,” explaining: “In my life, I’ve been through a lot of crap and I was raising two young kids, and every comedian in the country had an O.J.

Jada Pinkett-Smith has broken her silence over her husband, Will Smith's, Oscars altercation with Chris Rock, during which he slapped the presenter in the face. The wife of the King Richard star was at the center of the comedian's joke which riled Will so much he took to the stage and hit him. MORE: Will Smith's fans convinced attack on Chris Rock was 'staged' after actor predicted 'chaos' hours earlierNow, Jada has taken to Instagram with a brief statement which reads: "This is a season for healing and I'm here for it."WATCH: Will Smith slaps Chris Rock at the Oscars over joke about Jada Pinkett-Smith's hair lossThe words were posted on a pale pink background and were met with applause from her social media followers who commented with heart and praying hands emojis.MORE: Serena Williams breaks silence on Will Smith and Chris Rock on stage Oscars altercationSEE: Celebrities react to Will Smith's shocking Chris Rock altercationHer words come after Will issued a statement on Instagram himself. His read: "Violence in all of its forms is poisonous and destructive," he began his statement.A post shared by Jada Pinkett Smith (@jadapinkettsmith)Jada Pinkett-Smith broke her silence with a simply statement "My behavior at last night's Academy Awards was unacceptable and inexcusable.

slapped Chris Rock at the Oscars on Sunday and then won Best Actor for his work in “King Richard.” When he won, he got a standing ovation, something plenty of people felt weird about since, you know, the thing we mentioned in the first sentence.On Monday’s “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert,” things kicked off with a cold open joke that explained fairly definitively how Smith managed to pull that off. And if you looked at the featured image in this post, we bet you’ve already guessed the answer.So, as always the “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” cold open started with a supercut of news summing up the situation, in this case, the fact that Smith got that standing O, despite how awk the whole situation was.

It appears actions might, in fact, have consequences.

An unexpected twist. Serena Williams couldn’t hide her shock when Will Smith slapped Chris Rock at the 2022 Oscars after the comedian made a joke about Jada Pinkett Smith.

Zack Sharf Diddy told Page Six that Will Smith and Chris Rock settled their feud after an altercation at the 94th Academy Awards. Rock made a joke about Jada Pinkett Smith’s bald head while presenting the documentary feature category (the comedian said he could not wait to see Pinkett Smith star in “G.I. Jane 2,” a reference to the 1997 film where Demi Moore appears with a shaved head), which resulted in Smith taking to the stage to slap Rock.

With Serena Williams, Tiffany Haddish and more celebrities reacting to Will Smith shockingly slapping Chris Rock at the 2022 Oscars, the Academy has now also issued a statement.