Comedian and former Tonight Show host Jay Leno weighed in on Will Smith slapping Chris Rock at the Oscars last month. Leno, who called Smith a “good guy,” said that the most shocking moment to him came after the slap.
29.03.2022 - 23:39 / perezhilton.com
The coincidences are uncanny!
New footage has just been unearthed showing Will Smith teaching a young boy named Chris (yes, seriously!) how to fake a slap for a movie scene!
In the video obtained by TMZ on Tuesday, Smith and his King Richard co-star Aunjanue Ellis were attending a Q&A event in November when a kid asked how the 53-year-old pretends to fight in movies. Ready to teach the boy a lesson, Will invited him on stage and then began to demonstrate how to fake a slap across someone’s face.
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It’s a trick almost everyone has learned at one point in their lives, but coming in the aftermath of Will’s viral Oscars moment, it doesn’t look as innocent!
It’s hard to hear what is discussed in the clip, but Will cheerfully greets the fan before instructing him to tilt his head at the same time as his hands clap in front of his face, making it appear that he’s been hit. They perform the stunt twice earning a large cheer from the crowd each time.
Ch-ch-check out the stage fight lesson (below):
If only Will had faked his fight on live TV!
This video will certainly serve as fuel for the folks who insist the whole thing was an act. But near as we can tell, while the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air lead did not hit this Chris, the slap at Chris Rock during the 94th Academy Awards was all too real!
Contrary to what Will’s mother Carolyn Smith said earlier this week, this isn’t his first violent outburst. Footage from the 2012 Men in Black 3 premiere in Moscow has also resurfaced following this debacle. In the video captured by the Associated Press, the A-lister is shown on a busy red carpet speaking to Vitalii Sediuk, a prankster
Comedian and former Tonight Show host Jay Leno weighed in on Will Smith slapping Chris Rock at the Oscars last month. Leno, who called Smith a “good guy,” said that the most shocking moment to him came after the slap.
Oscars producer Will Packer has claimed the Los Angeles Police Department were “prepared” to arrest Will Smith for hitting Chris Rock at last week’s ceremony, but said that Rock prevented them from doing so.Before winning the Best Actor award for his role in King Richard, Smith took to the stage to slap Rock over a joke the latter made about his wife Jada Pinkett Smith’s shaved head. In 2018, Pinkett Smith revealed she has alopecia.Upon returning to his seat, Smith shouted to a stunned Rock: “Keep my wife’s name out of your fucking mouth!”It was reported shortly after the incident took place that Rock would not be pressing charges against Smith.During an appearance on ABC’s Good Morning America, Oscars producer Packer spoke out for the first time about the altercation, revealing that the LAPD had visited his office to speak to Rock on the night.“They were saying, you know, this is battery was the word they used in that moment,” Packer told GMA. “They said, ‘We will go get him.
Will Smith on Tuesday to discuss his attack on Chris Rock, individuals with knowledge of the matter told Variety.Academy President David Rubin and CEO Dawn Hudson talked to the actor on Zoom about the fallout from the assault during Sunday’s Oscars telecast. The talk lasted for roughly 30 minutes, according to a source.
Jimmy Kimmel is showing support for Chris Rock following the controversy caused by the incident between Will Smith and the comedian at the Oscars, explaining that it was shocking” and “weird.”The host shared his thoughts about the situation on his show, describing it as “a big night” and referring to the “old Hitch slap.”“Even Kanye was like, you went on stage and did WHAT at an award show?” Kimmel joked, suggesting that the “weirdest part” about the incident was that Will seemed to be laughing at the jokes, even when Chris included the off-script joke about Jada Pinkett Smith’s medical condition.Kimmel suggested that Wil decided to “do something” after he noticed Jada “wasn’t amused” with the joke, adding that “Nobody could have predicted that the most controversial movie of 2022 would be G.I.
A new video angle from Sunday night's Oscars ceremony shows Jada Pinkett Smith laughing at Chris Rock's comment immediately after Will Smith slapped him. Smith stormed the Oscars stage and slapped Rock after he made a joke about Pinkett Smith's bald head while presenting an award. "Will Smith just smacked the s--- out of me," Rock said as Smith walked off the stage.
Chris Rock recently opened up quite a bit about difficult times in his past that he’s allowed other people to “walk all over him” — just weeks before this latest incident.
J. Kim Murphy Zoë Kravitz has shared her disapproval of Will Smith’s controversial evening at the Oscars on Sunday, in which the actor walked onto the ceremony stage and slapped Chris Rock after the comedian said a joke about Smith’s wife, Jada Pinkett Smith.
Supporting his friend — with controversial comments. After Chris Rock was slapped by Will Smith at the 2022 Oscars, Bill Maher praised the comedian for his response.
In footage obtained by TMZ, a video from last year shows Oscar winner Will Smith demonstrating the art of a faux slap to a group of kids.The youngster, reportedly named Chris — an unfortunate coincidence — asked Smith how he fakes fights in his famous films.Naturally, the seeming slapaholic showed him.While Smith didn’t actually slap this Chris, it was eerily foreboding of the series of unfortunate events that were the 94th Academy Awards.At the 2022 Oscars Sunday evening, Smith slapped comedian Chris Rock across the face after he made an off-color joke about Jada Pinkett Smith’s alopecia.“Get my wife’s name out of your f–king mouth!” Smith shouted — twice — from his front-row seat at a baffled Rock post-brawl. Will has since apologized for his actions, including to Rock, and on Tuesday morning Jada finally responded to the controversy by posting about this being “a season for healing and I’m here for it” on her Instagram account.The shocking slap — televised to homes around the world — was a hit on Twitter, where internet jokesters crafted a mint of memes about the smackdown.Late-night host Jimmy Kimmel even referred to the altercation as “the old ‘Hitch’ slap,” referring to Smith’s knee-slapping comedy from 2005.Kimmel, who originally thought the smack was staged, said he quickly realized it wasn’t fake at all.“In one stunning moment – the night went from ‘Oscars – So What?’ to ‘Oscars So WHAAAAAAT?!'” he joked on his show “Jimmy Kimmel Live!”Other late-night comics also chimed in, including “The Tonight Show” host Jimmy Fallon, who said it was “nice for all of us to come together and say ‘holy crap’ at the same time.”“Get ready for next year’s 95th Academy Award Oscar Slaptacular Death Match.
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Will Smith is apologizing to Chris Rock following their onstage altercation at the 2022 Oscars on Sunday night. Smith took to Instagram Monday to share a lengthy statement in which he shared how deeply he regrets his behavior after slapping the comedian following a joke made about his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith.«Violence in all of its forms is poisonous and destructive.
Will Smith is breaking his silence after smacking Chris Rock in the face onstage at last night’s Oscars when the comedian made a joke about wife Jada Pinkett-Smith’s shaved head.
Will Smith’s debacle.Richard Williams — the 80-year-old father of tennis stars Serena, 40, and Venus Williams, 41, whom Oscar-winner Smith portrayed in the film “King Richard” — expressed confusion around the notorious slap Smith landed on comedian Chris Rock during the Academy Awards Sunday night.“We don’t know all the details of what happened,” Williams told NBC News through his 48-year-old son, Chavoita LeSane. “But we don’t condone anyone hitting anyone else unless it’s in self-defense.” LeSane — who speaks on behalf of his father since Williams suffered a stroke, according to NBC — also added that Williams was quite surprised at Smith’s actions but would not elaborate any further.In his Oscars acceptance speech for Best Actor in a Leading Role, a tearful Smith, 53, referenced Richard, calling him “a fierce defender of his family.“Art imitates life.
The slap that was heard around the world! The Oscars moment between comedian Chris Rock, 57, and newfound Academy Award-winner, Will Smith, shocked audiences—and the world. The uncensored confrontation—which has apparently been a long-time coming—inspired viral memes and airplay worldwide, easily being the awards show’s most talked about moment. Despite wonderful speeches, lovely fashion and wild after parties, nothing else stood out quite as much as this bizarre and polarizing interaction.