The Oscars producer Will Packer is looking to set the record straight in a Friday appearance on Good Morning America, Deadline has confirmed.
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Whoopi Goldberg is giving her take on the Oscars incident between Will Smith and Chris Rock. On Monday's episode of , the former Oscars host and Academy Award winner guessed that «a lot of stuff probably built up» for Smith when he slapped Rock onstage at the 2022 Academy Awards.The incident occurred when Rock, a presenter at this year's ceremony, made a joke about Jada Pinkett Smith's hair. The actress has spoken publicly about having alopecia, a hair loss condition that she was diagnosed with in 2018.«I think he overreacted,» Goldberg said of Smith, before pointing out that Rock previously made a joke at the couple's expense when he hosted the show in 2016.
At the time, Rock quipped, «Jada boycotting the Oscars is like me boycotting Rihanna's panties. I wasn't invited!»«In 2016, Chris was the host of the Oscars that year, and it was funny. I would've been a little annoyed,» Goldberg said.
«But [this year] I think [Smith] had one of those moments where it's like, 'G-D-it. Just stop. Just stop!'»After the incident, Smith did win the Best Actor Oscar for his role in . It was the «pressure» of his approaching category, Goldberg speculated, that played a role in his response to Rock's joke.«You've got all the pressure of hoping that you win and trying to keep your face.
I get it,» Goldberg said. «Not everybody acts the way we'd like them to under pressure, some people just snap. He snapped.»She added, «I don't know if they spoke, or if he apologized or not. All I know is, sometimes you get to a point and you behave badly.»Goldberg went on to praise Rock, stating, «I think it's remarkable and wonderful that Chris Rock did not take it to that other place it could've gone.»Rock declined to press charges for the incident, the
.The Oscars producer Will Packer is looking to set the record straight in a Friday appearance on Good Morning America, Deadline has confirmed.
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.
Minnie Driver has taken to social media to call out the Academy for its lack of action after Will Smith slapped Chris Rock at the Oscars on Sunday.
A heavy moment. Willow Smith subtly weighed in after her father, Will Smith, slapped Chris Rock in the face at the 2022 Oscars.
Questlove says he missed the viral moment when Will Smith slapped Chris Rock at last week’s Oscars because he was meditating.At the Oscars ceremony on Sunday (March 27), Smith struck the comedian on-stage following a joke about his wife Jada Pinkett Smith’s shaved head. In 2018, Pinkett Smith revealed she has alopecia.Minutes after the incident, Questlove was awarded Best Documentary for his film Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) by Rock, but admitted that he had no idea what had just transpired on stage.He told Jimmy Fallon: “They tell you ahead of time, this is your category, and so, in that moment, you’re either going to be full of anxiety or, for me, I’ve been like meditating for the past couple of years.“And when the commercial break happened, I was in my ‘Mmmm.’ So when I opened my eyes, I didn’t realise.
most controversial night in Oscars history. The 94th Academy Awards were, of course, marred by Will Smith slapping presenter Chris Rock in the face after he made a joke about Jada Pinkett Smith’s bald head. Kimmel, whose show runs on ABC, the same network that carries the Oscars, began by showing the clip of Smith walking up on stage and striking Rock in front of the audience.
2022 Oscars will forever be remembered for the so-called slap heard 'round the world, when Will Smith stormed onstage and slapped presenter Chris Rock in the face before returning to his seat and proceeding to cuss him out, all over a joke Rock made at the expense of Smith's wife, Jada Pinkett Smith.The moment was unsettling, unexpected, confusing and changed the atmosphere for the remainder of the evening. But as chaotic as things were in the theater, a source tells ET that it was much more so backstage.«Behind the scenes there were a lot of people, different voices and opinions all weighing in on what had just happened, and what was the right course of action,» the source says of the moments immediately following the altercation.The moment came as a surprise to all involved, and even the producers of the show apparently had to figure out if this was an unplanned stunt between Smith and Rock, and if Rock was hurt.«There were just minutes to first figure out if it was a stunt,» the source recalls, «and then try and get people on the same page including the producers, ABC, the Academy, reps — who were not all in the same place physically or looking at their phones in real time.»The sources adds that «people were checking that Chris Rock was OK.... and to see if Chris even wanted to press charges.»In a statement to ET on Sunday night, after the Oscars came to a close, the LAPD said they were aware of the incident but that «the individual involved has declined to file a police report.»«LAPD investigative entities are aware of an incident between two individuals during the Academy Awards program,» the statement read.
Will Smith's mother, Carolyn Bright, is both proud of her son for his first Oscar win and shocked by his behavior leading up to that moment. Carolyn spoke with local station 6ABC Philadelphia about her son's big night, first gushing over his Best Actor win for his role in «I know how he works, how hard he works, and he never half steps. Just to see him waiting and waiting and waiting and when I heard the name, I was just like, 'Yes!'» she recalled, sharing that Will's extended family was cheering him on from their home in West Philadelphia during Sunday night's Oscars. However, the incident that preceded the win took Carolyn by surprise.
Questlove. The 51-year-old musician, whose real name is Ahmir Khalib Thompson, took home the Best Documentary Feature Oscar for his work directing the musical documentary, at the 94th annual Academy Awards. The moment was sadly overshadowed by the events that took place minutes before when Will Smith took to the stage to slap comedian Chris Rock across the face for making a joke about his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith.
Sunday's shocking turn of events at the 2022 Oscars, Will Smith slapping Chris Rock in the face is all anyone was talking about on social media, and proved to be rich comedic fodder for late-night talk show hosts.One host who had particular insight into how wild the night must have truly been was Jimmy Kimmel — who famously hosted the Oscars ceremony in 2017, during which the wrong Best Picture winner was announced, with presenters mistakenly naming instead of the real winner, «I'm a little bummed because now I've hosted only the second craziest Oscars of all time! I only had three years to enjoy that,» Kimmel quipped during his opening monologue.«A lot of my friends have been texting me asking what I would have done if I was host.
A new report has revealed details about what happened backstage at the 2022 Oscars in the moments immediately following “the slap” from Will Smith.
Will Smith took home the Oscar for best actor shortly after he slapped presenter Chris Rock across the face. The move by the 53-year-old actor left viewers stunned and the lack of acknowledgement by the Academy confused many.
94th Academy Award ceremony, comedian and host Chris Rock took things a little too far for Will Smith's liking. During a stand-up set, the Grown Ups star made a joke over Will's wife, Jada Pinkett-Smith's, alopecia, a condition that causes your hair to fall out. On stage, Chris said: "Jada, can't wait for GI Jane 2.
Will Smith and Chris Rock certainly delivered a very memorable Oscars moment on Sunday night.
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Lupita Nyong'o's reaction to the Oscars drama between Will Smith and Chris Rock has gone viral on Twitter. Nyong'o was seated behind Smith and his wife Jada Pinkett Smith during the Academy Awards ceremony and her reaction to the actor yelling at Rock was caught on camera. Smith stormed the Oscars stage after Rock made a joke about Pinkett Smith's balding head.The comedian had said he can't wait to see her in "G.I.