Whoopi Goldberg On Will Smith Slap: “We’re Not Going To Take That Oscar From Him”; ‘The View’ Co-Hosts Condemn Violence
28.03.2022 - 19:27
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The Oscar Slap was Topic #1 on ABC’s The View today, with moderator – and former Oscar host – Whoopi Goldberg saying Will Smith “overreacted,” Joy Behar commenting that “comedians are in danger everywhere,” Ana Navarro decrying “men behaving badly” and Sunny Hostin describing Smith’s “toxic masculinity” as “not a show of love [but] a show of violence.”
“I think it was a lot of stuff probably built up,” Goldberg said, noting that Will and Jada Pinkett Smith have been the butt of jokes for various reasons for years, including previous jabs from Chris Rock, who was on the receiving end of Smith’s violence last night. “I think he overreacted…I think he had one of those moments where it was like G.D. it, just stop. I get it, not everybody acts the way we would like them to act under pressure. And he snapped.”
Watch The View segment below.
“Sometimes you get to a point when you behave badly,” Goldberg said. “I myself have behaved badly on occasion.”
Behar said that while she was watching the incident, “I was thinking comedians are in danger everywhere. They want us to be edgy, to go out there and say what everyone’s thinking…and then they get mad.” Her advice to Smith: “If you’re upset about something, walk off.”
Added Goldberg about Rock, “I do think it’s wonderful that Chris did not take it to that other place that he could have done.”
Navarro said, “Hitting somebody is a crime, a crime of assault.” She said while she felt Rock’s joke “was a lame joke, a joke in very poor taste,” the joke and the slap were “not equivalent.”
“In context,” Navarro said, “Jada has alopecia and that’s why she shaved her head. She’s been very public about it, very vulnerable about it, but nothing, nada condones violence at this point. Nada.”
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