Criticism of Will Smith for attacking Chris Rock at the 2022 Oscars: "I hope his career has sunk"
The Film Academy was in charge of denying that the slap was part of the script.
If the 2022 Oscars gala will be remembered for anything, it will undoubtedly be for the slap that Will Smith gave Chris Rock. This aggression on the part of the winner for Best Actor, which would have been equally intolerable if it had been part of the script, caused genuine astonishment both for the guests at the ceremony and for the audience that was shocked by what had just happened from their homes.
The uncertainty about the extent to which the slap was a joke ended when the Film Academy was in charge of condemning the violence and the Los Angeles police reported what had happened, assuring that Rock would not press charges. However, those who have already issued their verdict have been the viewers, who have criticized the actor for not knowing how to contain his anger and for carrying out an attack in front of tens of millions of people.
Social networks were flooded with comments condemning the act. Many netizens analyzed that if the joke about Jada Pinkett Smith's physique was in bad taste, what Smith should have done would have been to demand a public apology. "Was it okay that Chris Rock made fun of Jada's physique? No. Was it okay that Will Smith beat him up for it? No. I find it sad that we are glorifying solving things by attacking people," one tweeter defended.
De verdad que espero despertarme ma帽ana y que la carrera de Will Smith se haya hundido. #Oscars Qu茅 forma m谩s horrible de justificar esta violencia en directo.
— Javier 馃В (@Hermochi) March 28, 2022
Acabo de ver el discurso de Will Smith justificando la violencia como “consecuencia del amor” -el mantra de tantos maltratadores- y me parece uno de los momentos m谩s deplorables y t贸xicos que se han visto en los #Oscar El amor no excusa la violencia. Nunca.
— Nando L贸pez 馃彸️馃寛 (@Nando_Lopez_) March 28, 2022
Will Smith en los pr贸ximos Oscar pic.twitter.com/VHdGAT79fA
— Maxi¹⁸⁹¹ (@MaxiSt1891) March 28, 2022
Lo de Will Smith ha sido un espect谩culo bochornoso y violento para los espectadores. Ante un chiste de mal gusto, te vas de la gala sin aceptar el premio y lo denuncias p煤blicamente, no te rebajas a ser mat贸n de barrio. #Oscars
— 饾應饾拏饾挀饾拹饾拲 (@carolwabisabi) March 28, 2022
Soy un gran admirador de Will Smith y no celebro su reacci贸n.
— Luis Alberto (@LuisAlbertoVF) March 28, 2022
Bastaba con pararse al frente y EXIGIR una disculpa p煤blica para su esposa. #NoALaViolencia #Oscar
Te pegas toda la vida luchando y peleando con ganar los #Oscars y vas a pasar a su historia por ser una verg眉enza de actor, hombre y persona.
— David Lorao #MoonKnight (@goonielor) March 28, 2022
Incre铆ble Chris Rock y su elegancia. Que no caiga en el olvido c贸mo ha reconducido la gala frente a la desgracia de Will Smith. pic.twitter.com/Muw5ygQyaj
Lo de Will Smith no es simplemente “un momento inc贸modo”, es violencia y machismo. No se debe banalizar.
— Nagua Alba (@NaguaAlba) March 28, 2022
Asume que Jada Pinkett no es un sujeto con capacidad de decidir si responder (o no) y c贸mo a una broma sobre ella, sino una posesi贸n suya a la que 茅l debe “defender”. (Sigo)
Requests to withdraw the Oscar
Many voices have questioned the Academy for awarding the Oscar for Best Actor to Will Smith for his performance in "The Williams Method." "They should not have allowed Will Smith to collect the Oscar from him and give a speech to justify himself," Emilio Dom茅nech shared on Twitter, who joined the voices that criticized the Academy for its brief statement on the condemnation of violence. "Honestly, I find it crazy that a guy gets up in the middle of the Oscars ceremony and punches someone live. That's violence. It's assault. Will Smith should have the Oscar taken away if he wins it tonight" , affirmed another spectator.
