The worst moment of the Oscars 2022
The joke for which Will Smith attacked Chris Rock at the Oscars: "Get my wife out of your fucking mouth"
Will Smith attacked the comedian on stage for making a joke about the shaved hair of his wife Jada Pinkett, who suffers from alopecia.
The 94th Oscar ceremony will be remembered for Will Smith's live slap to Chris Rock, presenter of the gala. The actor, who minutes after the attack received the Oscar for best actor for The Williams Method, slapped Rock after the comedian made a joke about the shaved hair of Will Smith's wife, Jada Pinkett, who suffers from alopecia .
Will Smith apologized to the Academy but not to Chris Rock. He did it crying and already with his Oscar in hand, something that did not cover one of the most controversial images in the history of the Oscars. In his apology, the actor even justified his behavior: "I will always defend my family and my wife. (...) Love makes you do crazy things," he said, before the disbelief of many.
The aggression took place after Amy Schumer, Regina Hall and Wanda Sykes, presenters of the gala, got off the stage. His place was taken by comedian Chris Rock, who took the stage at the Dolby Theater to present the award for best documentary feature film.
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'Lieutenant O'Neil'
Before announcing the nominees, Rock made a monologue with the same acid and funny tone that characterizes his humor. The comedian made several jokes, including one about the hairstyle of Jada Pinkett Smith, who suffers from alopecia, and whom he compared to Lieutenant O'Neil. In the images you can see how the joke even makes Smith funny at first while she looks uncomfortable.
However, seconds later, that same joke made Will Smith freak out and he got up from his seat to, with a determined step, go to Chris Rock, who received him with a smile. It was then that, without saying a word, the actor went up the stairs, went to him and gave him a resounding slap. He turned around and went back to his seat.
The face of those present was one of total shock. In fact, many in attendance believed that it was a number prepared between Smith and Rock and that it was in the script. However, it was not so. Chris Rock, from the stage, and with a contorted face, defended his joke: "Will Smith just gave me a good one."
sorry but halfway
The actor's response was immediate: "Remove my wife's name from your fucking mouth." Smith shouted the phrase twice, which caused the audience, who still thought it was all a prepared joke, to radically change the expression on his faces. "This has been the best night in the history of television," settled Rock, who could not believe it.
According to several of those present, after a commercial break, Will Smith's representative and actor Denzel Washington had to take the actor to a corner to calm him down, after which, they point out, he began to cry. Everything that happened afterward was clouded by Smith's attitude, which justified his actions in picking up the Oscar.
After achieving the statuette, Will Smith went up crying to collect the award for best actor for The Williams Method and took the opportunity to apologize to the Academy and his fellow nominees but not to Rock, whom he did not even mention. "Richard Williams -father of the Williams sisters- was a strong defender of his family", pointing out that this "leads him to commit crazy things".
"At this point in my life, I am overwhelmed by what God is asking me to do and be in this world. I have been called to love and protect people, to be a river to them. I already know that to do what What we do we have to be able to receive insults, endure and smile as if nothing happened. In this business there are always people who disrespect you, you must smile and pretend that everything is fine. But I will always protect my family, my wife," Smith said through tears in an emotionally charged speech in which he repeatedly compared himself to his character: "Art imitates life. I sound like the crazy dad, just like they said about Richard Williams."
