Seriously? OMG! WTF?

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.

VIA JAPANESE TELEVISION: The uncensored exchange between Will Smith and Chris Rock pic.twitter.com/j0Z184ZyXa

— Timothy Burke (@bubbaprog) March 28, 2022

Almost 24 hours after Will Smith slapped Chris Rock, the actor apologized to the comedian on social media.

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Violence in all of its forms is poisonous and destructive. My behavior at last night’s Academy Awards was unacceptable and inexcusable. Jokes at my expense are a part of the job, but a joke about Jada’s medical condition was too much for me to bear and I reacted emotionally.

I would like to publicly apologize to you, Chris. I was out of line and I was wrong. I am embarrassed and my actions were not indicative of the man I want to be. There is no place for violence in a world of love and kindness.

I would also like to apologize to the Academy, the producers of the show, all the attendees and everyone watching around the world. I would like to apologize to the Williams Family and my King Richard Family. I deeply regret that my behavior has stained what has been an otherwise gorgeous journey for all of us.

I am a work in progress.

Sincerely,

Will

Don’t blame your actions on Jada Pinkett-Smith’s condition when she said she shaved her head because of your daughter, Willow.

Plus, not everyone knew she has alopecia. I didn’t. Why don’t you use your forum to educate people about it instead of slapping Rock with no explanation? It helped no one but yourself. It also made you and Pinkett-Smith look bad in so many ways.

This is not the first or second time you have resorted to violence. It is the third. Therefore, I think you need to look at why that is. But that is your call.

Will Packer/Instagram

Oscar producer Will Packer wanted his Oscars to be a memorable one. He just didn’t want them to be remembered for a nominated actor slapping a former host.

So this morning, he tweeted his reaction to the slap heard around the world with, “Welp…I said it wouldn’t be boring #Oscars”

Needless to say, someone chimed in with it that it is not funny to make a joke about assault. To which Packer told that person, “Black people have a defiant spirit of laughter when it comes to dealing with pain because there has been so much of it. I don’t feel the need to elucidate that for you. But I also don’t mind being transparent and say that this was a very painful moment for me. On many levels.”

I met Packer once at a press event, and I really liked him. I wish the Oscars could’ve gone better for him. But he never had a chance, and Will Smith destroyed whatever chance he had. But hey, at least they didn’t screw up the Best Picture award. So there is that.

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At the end of the night, three of the four actors who won the Oscar for their work last year posed for a photo together. Who was missing? Will Smith, who won for Best Actor, was not in the photograph.

I am sure it is because the disgraced actor opted not to do the press room. But in my mind, I will think it is because Ariana DeBose, Troy Kotsur, and Jessica Chastain were too afraid to pose with Smith because they didn’t want to say the wrong thing to him. Can you blame them?

I look forward to seeing them at next year’s Academy Awards when they present to the new winners. I just hope AMPAS doesn’t invite Smith back.

And I don’t want to take away from their glory because all three of them deserved their awards, and they should be celebrated for winning. Thank you for your award-winning performances. I can’t wait to see what you do next.

Us lay people, who were not good enough to go to the Oscars, know what we were thinking when Will Smith slapped Chris Rock. But what were the people inside the Dolby Theatre thinking?

Juju shared what the people around him in the top row were thinking. “I was there, I saw it. It happened. And I can confirm that everyone, including myself, thought it was a joke. We thought it was a bit. I heard the sound. I heard the smack, and I thought, wow, that is a really cool sound effect. It sounded real. Then Will started yelling, and no we did not have the broadcast cut off because it was live. We heard eveything he said. There were many moments to walk it back, you know, to say it was a joke. But the fact that Will Smith said what he said twice. And if that wasn’t enough Chris Rock’s reaction to everything afterwards that kind of sealed the deal. That was when we knew it was real.” He said. “Then immediately chatting afterwards like what happens when he wins. It is literally the only thing that everyone is talking about right now. The only thing. It’s insane.”

So insane that in a second video, he said that they were talking about it in the bathroon during commercial breaks and at the post-parties.

It was the talk of Tinsle Town, and many towns in the world. So, it is not a good look for Hollywood. Therefore, I think that Smith should hold a press conference, apologize to Rock, the Academy, and movies fans for his actions. And then hand back his award, and say his actions make him ineligible for the honor. And then the Oscars should give the award to Andrew Garfield who deserved it for Tick Tick Boom and The Eyes of Tammy Faye.

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