The world noticed and heard the slap that despatched shockwaves round the globe, however Sunday’s altercation between Will Smith and Chris Rock was preceded by a slight jab six years in the past.
During the 94th annual Academy Awards, Rock was tasked with presenting the award for finest documentary (which Questlove received by the manner), however in true comic style, the 57-year-old actor poked enjoyable at Smith’s spouse Jada Pinkett Smith. Rock joked a couple of “G.I. Jane” sequel, referring to Pinkett Smith’s bald head.
Smith had at first appeared to chortle, whereas his spouse, who has talked about her wrestle with hair loss from alopecia, rolled her eyes and regarded upset. Smith bought out of his seat, walked as much as Rock and slapped him then yelled at the comic to “keep my wife’s name out of your (expletive) mouth.”
The “King Richard” actor who went on to win the Oscar for finest actor, took outing of his acceptance speech to apologize to the Academy and his “fellow nominees,” however didn’t identify Rock amongst them.
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A number of individuals on Twitter have been shocked by Rock’s joke at the expense of Pinkett Smith’s baldness, citing his 2009 documentary “Good Hair.”
“HAIR is a VERY sensitive subject for many women of color; Black women in particular. Chris Rock knows this better than most b/c he produced a documentary called #GoodHair (that I starred in)… Will Smith was wrong, but Chris Rock was as well. Jada was visibly upset,” Elgin Charles tweeted.
The undertaking, which premiered at Sundance Film Festival, was impressed by Rock’s 3-year-old daughter at the time who requested her father why she did not have “good hair,” based on the Los Angeles Times and MTV.
A number of different Twitter customers famous that “Good Hair” additionally tackled alopecia and featured interviews with Nia Long, Maya Angelou, Lauren London, Kerry Washington and different celebrities who divulged their very own experiences with how Black hair was perceived.
Will Smith and Chris Rock’s 2016 rigidity
Though Rock and Smith have labored collectively beforehand, particularly on a 1995 episode of the “Fresh Prince of Bel-Air,” their relationship seemingly bought rocky in 2016 when the comic hosted the 88th Academy Awards.
During the 2016 ceremony, Rock’s opening monologue mocked Pinkett Smith, who selected to boycott attending the present over an absence of variety amongst the appearing nominees.
“Jada says she’s not coming. Protesting. I’m like, ‘Isn’t she on a TV show?’ Jada’s gonna boycott the Oscars? Jada boycotting the Oscars is like me boycotting Rihanna’s panties. I wasn’t invited,” Rock stated throughout his bit.
Pinkett Smith responded telling X17 at the time that the joke “comes with the territory.”
“Hey, look, it comes with the territory, but we gotta keep it moving. We gotta keep it moving. We gotta keep it moving. There’s a lot of stuff we gotta handle, a lot of stuff in our world right now. We gotta keep it moving.”
Rock also took a slight jab at Smith who was snubbed for an Oscar after his role on “Concussion.”
“Jada’s mad her man Will was not nominated for ‘Concussion.’ I get it, I get it. Tell you the truth, I get it. You get mad. Said it’s not fair that Will was this good and didn’t get nominated. You’re right. It’s also not fair that Will was paid $20 million for ‘Wild Wild West,’ OK?”
Contributing: Hannah Yasharoff
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