https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_AJaVaeUSw4
Yesterday, Will Smith’s (publicist) apologized for slapping Chris Rock at the Oscars on Sunday night. Rock told a joke about Jada Pinkett-Smith’s bald head and compared her to GI Jane. I am assuming he didn’t know that she suffers from alopecia. I didn’t know it, did you know it?
Anyways, the comedian released an apology through A Woman’s Soul to the couple. He said, “As a comedian it can be difficult to understand which lines are to be crossed and which ones aren’t. Last night I crossed a line that I shouldn’t have and paid the enormous price of my reputation as a renown comedian. Comedy is never about poking fun at or making lite of people with major ordeals happening in their lives. Comedy is about using real life circumstances to create laughter and bring light to an otherwise dark world. With that said, I sincerely apologize to my friends Jada Pinkett-Smith, Will Smith, and the rest of the Smith family for the disrespect and disregard I displayed which was unfortunately broadcast for the world to see. I hope that, with time, forgiveness can come of this situation and we can all be better, more considerate people in the end.”
There were worse jokes told at the Oscars, and the Smiths handled it completely wrong. Smith should have used his words and not his hand to let Rock know how he felt.
If both men were smart and Comedy Central was brilliant, they would do a Roast for Will and Jada and have Rock serve as the Roastmaster. It helped to make Donald Trump president and Charlie Sheem almost respectable again. It would be ratings gold. Plus, it would teach Will and Jada how to take a joke, something neither one have been good at.
