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By Katie Jerkovich - The Daily Wire
Will Smith finally issued an apology to Chris Rock Monday admitting he was “out of line” and “wrong” for striking Rock at the Oscars after the comedian cracked a joke about Jada Pinkett Smith’s shaved head amid her hair loss battle.
“Violence in all of its forms is poisonous and destructive,” the 53-year-old actor captioned his post on Instagram. “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,” he added.”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,” Smith continued. “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.”
As previously reported by The Daily Wire, the “Men in Black” star’s actions at the 94th Academy Awards are under “formal review.”
Will Smith is under formal review after he walked on stage during the 94th Academy Awards show and slapped Chris Rock in the face after Rock cracked a joke about Jada Pinkett Smith’s hair loss.
“The Academy condemns the actions of Mr. Smith at last night’s show,” a spokesperson for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences shared, according to a report from Variety that was published Monday.
“We have officially started a formal review around the incident and will explore further action and consequences in accordance with our Bylaws, Standards of Conduct and California law,” the statement added.
The Academy initially said it didn’t condone “violence of any form” without specifically naming the “Men In Black” star following the star’s slap of Rock, as previously reported by The Daily Wire.
The Academy Awards condemned “violence of any form” after Will Smith struck Chris Rock in the face for making a joke about his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, at the 94th annual awards show.
“The Academy does not condone violence of any form,” The Academy tweeted. “Tonight we are delighted to celebrate our 94th Academy Awards winners, who deserve this moment of recognition from their peers and movie lovers around the world.”
As The Daily Wire reported:
During a segment at the Oscars, the 57-year-old comedian remarked about how no one was wearing a mask in the theater before he turned his attention to Denzel Washington and praised him for his part in the movie “The Tragedy of MacBeth.” The superstar comedian then spotted Will Smith’s wife in the audicen and cracked a joke about how Jada was going to be in the next “G.I. Jane” movie.
“Jada, I love ya,” Rock said. “G.I. Jane 2 movie, can’t wait to see it.”
Smith then got up from his seat and struck Rock in the face.
“Oh wow, wow. Will Smith just smacked the s*** outta me,” Rock said.
Smith then repeatedly shouted, “Keep my wife’s name out your f***ing mouth!”
“Wow, dude,” Rock replied. “It was a G.I. Jane joke.”
Later in the show, Smith accepted his first Oscar ever for Best Actor for his role in the film “King Richard.” During his acceptance speech, he apologized to the Academy and to the other nominees but didn’t appear to apologize to Rock.
Still, there he was having a nice boogie a few hours later. Perhaps he has a problem with alcohol?
You assume a connection between his actions and the subsequent PR spin. I do not.Quote:
Originally Posted by lost in melb.
My brains a little fagged tonight... Are you saying the PR spin was just a bunch of bollocks?Quote:
Originally Posted by RBP
chris rock handled this amazingly well
Ironically Jim Carrey is one of few adults in Hollywood
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By Sara Nathan and Michael Kaplan - Page Six
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It was the slap seen around the world.
But no one at the Dolby Theatre thought Will Smith actually meant to hit Chris Rock for making a joke about his wife at the Oscars, until Rock said out loud, “Will Smith just smacked the s–t out of me.”
Though ABC chiefs cut the sound when Smith ran on stage, the audience could clearly hear Smith shouting after he returned to his seat, “Keep my wife’s name out of your f—ing mouth!”
“We thought it was a bit,” said one Hollywood insider. “Then we heard Will yelling. You heard it so loudly in the theater.”
Another Hollywood insider told how she watched the chaos from the green room. “Suddenly everyone froze and the whole place was, like, what the f—k happened?”
The insider told how Smith’s longtime publicist Meredith O’Sullivan Wasson, Academy CEO Dawn Hudson, Oscars producer Will Packer and Academy president David Rubin then walked into a private room “very quickly … with great seriousness.”
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“There was a sense that something was wrong with Will,” said the insider. “I heard Chris’ manager, Jason Weinberg, say, ‘I’ve got to deal with the LAPD now. I have to find out what is going on,’ then he walked out.
“Everybody was saying, ‘Holy s—t.’ Even the bartenders. The gravitas was not lost on anyone. There were people saying, ‘Oh, my God, poor Chris.’ People were wondering if Chris’ face was red because he was flush or because he was hit.”
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Pictures right after the slap show Rock on stage talking to a seated Smith as though trying to make peace, but a source who knows the comedian said he wasn’t attempting an apology. Rather, he was saying, “Whoa, whoa, OK, I hear you. I’m just here to give out the Oscar,” the source said.
“How does that read as an apology?” the source added. “He was the one who was assaulted live. The fact that the guy continued to be so cool after this assault, he deserves an Oscar.”
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Rock was “shaken” as he walked off stage to meet with producers and members of the LAPD, the source continued.
“When he got off stage, he was a bit shaken. He was taken into a side room and talked to producers and LAPD. Then he went to the writers’ room and spoke to his guys and left. I mean, these are guys he has worked with for years. No one thought there were any issues with the jokes.
“If anything, Regina Hall’s joke about Will and Jada earlier in the evening (which hinted at their open marriage) was in way worse taste,” the source said, while adding that Rock did not have a mark on his face from the slap.
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During this awards season, Smith, 53, and his 50-year-old wife have repeatedly been the butt of jokes about their marital status, and some have speculated that Rock’s barb — “Jada, love you, ‘G.I. Jane 2,’ can’t wait to see it,” referring to her bald head — might have been the last straw. Filmmaker Judd Apatow suggested, in a now-deleted Twitter post, that Smith “could have killed [Rock]. That’s pure out of control rage and violence. [Jada and Will have] heard a million jokes about them in the last three decades. They’re not freshmen in the world of Hollywood and comedy. He lost his mind.”
The Wall Street Journal reported that Rock’s joke wasn’t on the teleprompter nor was it practiced in rehearsal. Meanwhile, Rock reportedly did not know that Pinkett Smith suffers from alopecia, which causes hair loss.
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After the slap, LAPD officers asked Rock if he wanted to press charges against Smith. “Chris said no and left soon after. He was stunned and shook,” said the source.
Back in the theater, it was Smith’s great mentor — and now fellow Oscar winner — Denzel Washington who came over to his table first to offer words of wisdom. As Smith revealed in his acceptance speech for Best Actor later that evening: “Denzel said to me a few moments ago, he said, ‘At your highest moment, be careful, that’s when the devil comes for you.’”
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During the commercial breaks, movie mogul Tyler Perry and actor Bradley Cooper also tried to calm Smith down. Fellow nominee Nicole Kidman was seen giving Smith a hug.
“He was wiping his eyes of tears, he knew it was not good,” said Hollywood Reporter awards columnist Scott Feinberg on Matt Belloni’s podcast, “The Town,” about Smith in the aftermath.
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Meanwhile, it was clear that Smith would not be leaving the ceremony. “Everybody started to realize ‘Oh my God, he’s going to get back up there,’ they did not escort him out,” said Matt Belloni, the former editor of the Hollywood Reporter, on the podcast.
Music magnate Diddy attempted to smooth things over on stage as he appeared to introduce a 50th anniversary tribute to “The Godfather.”
“OK, Will and Chris, we’re going to solve that like family at the Gold Party, OK?” referring to the Oscars afterparty hosted by Jay-Z and Beyoncé. “But right now we are moving on with love. Everybody make some noise!”
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The backstage industry source said: “Diddy was minutes from getting on stage when the slap happened. He was trying to stay in the moment and rehearse his script.
“He wanted to thank Will Packer and Shayla Cowan for an incredible show, as the first-time black producers, and to thank the hosts. But he wanted to lift up the room, show Will and Chris they are family and bring them back together. He went up to Chris backstage and gave him a hug, they had a private conversation and went to Will in his seat and hugged him too.”
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“How and if they resolved it is up to them — to him, his intention was to bring love to them and say a few words of encouragement and be a part of that.”
Smith’s rep O’Sullivan Wasson was also seen during every commercial break at her client’s side talking to him quietly until the Best Actor category was announced about 40 minutes after the slap. It’s believed she helped Smith rewrite his acceptance speech, in which he apologized to the Academy but not to Rock personally for his moment of rage.
As expected, Smith won his first Oscar for playing Richard Williams, the father of tennis legends Serena and Venus, in the movie “King Richard.” He kissed his wife and bounded up on stage.
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Despite his act of violence, the crowd gave him a standing ovation, although Belloni said some people in his row refused to clap.
Instead of going to the press room after his win, as is the norm, Smith returned to his seat, where he held hands with his wife. Meanwhile, his “King Richard” co-star Aunjanue Ellis sat next to him and placed her hand on his arm, as all three watched “CODA” win Best Picture.
Smith, who is also a musician born in West Philadelphia, was later seen with his entire family, including kids Trey, 29, Jaden, 23, and Willow, 21, at the swanky Vanity Fair party, dancing to his own hits including “Gettin Jiggy With It.” Before the show, he and Baltimore-born Jada had posted a picture of themselves to Instagram looking tough. After the show, Smith added a comment: “You can’t invite people from Philly or Baltimore nowhere.”
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Meanwhile, Rock, 57, headed over to the annual Oscars party hosted by his pal, multimillionaire manager Guy Oseary.
“He’s OK, he went to be with his best friend,” said the source who knows Rock. “Bottom line — you don’t hit people, it was a joke.”
True to his character, the Los Angeles Times reported that Rock also made a joke about the slap. Backstage, the comic said, he “just got punched in the face by Muhammad Ali and didn’t get a scratch.”
By Monday afternoon, Smith had finally apologized to Rock on Instagram. “I would like to publicly apologize to you, Chris,” he wrote. “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.”
By Katie Jerkovich - The Daily Wire
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Podcaster Joe Rogan blasted Will Smith after he “assaulted” Chris Rock at the Oscars and said there was “no justification” for slapping the comedian because Rock was “doing his f***ing job.”
During “The Joe Rogan Experience” show on Tuesday, the host talked to his guest, MMA fighter Josh Barnett, about what happened at the 94th Academy Awards. Rogan said the “Men in Black” star is so removed from “regular discourse” he “acted like he’s a character in a movie” when he walked on stage and smacked Chris Rock in the face over what he said one of the mildest jokes ever.
“First of all that is a, that whole scene doing that in that manner, in that place is a great example of what’s wrong with the glorification of just being able to just go up to someone and smack them in the face,” the host shared. “Because that whole thing was so weird.”
“I think he [Smith] was being emotionally fragile and he acted on impulse,” he added. “And I think it’s a foolish impulse that you do when you know there’s no consequences. So you’re hitting a small person.”
“Listen, Chris Rock’s doing his f***ing job,” Rogan continued. “You don’t go and sit in the front row, you’re a star at the Oscars. There’s a professional comedian whose job is to roast people. And what he [Rock] did is not even insult him.”
The podcast host hit back at claims the slap was somehow justified and said he thought the “King Richard” star was doing “some weird movie thing.”
“It was like he was getting away with it like he was living in a fictional movie,” the host said. “Like the idea that you think it’s smart while wearing a tuxedo, to walk onto a stage in front of the world…and smack a comedian for the most mild joke and then sit there quivering saying ‘keep my wife’s name out of your f***ing mouth.'”
“And everybody’s just going to sit there in the sh*t that you just took on the table,” he added. “You just pulled your pants down and took a sh*t” on the dinner table and they all have to just sit there and look at that.”
“What I’m saying is like these people live in this fake world of you’re protected by guards, you’re driven by limos, you’re on the red carpet..like all of it is crazy life,” Rogan continued. “And he’s [Smith] so goddamn famous and so removed from regular discourse and interaction with regular people, that he, for whatever reason in his head, acted like he’s a character in a movie.”
Barnett said the “Aladdin” star should’ve been ejected from the show and Rogan said he agreed 100%.
“You can’t just go smack a man in the face in front of the world then go about business as usual,” the podcast host explained. “First of all it sets a terrible precedent in so many different ways.”
Rogan closed out the segment suggesting Smith’s actions came about from “the culmination of a long period of like emotional distress” noting the Hollywood couple’s very public marital issues and said there’s a “certain defensiveness that comes with that.”
The discussion starts at the 1:22:08 minute mark in the podcast here. And can also be seen in the clip below.
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By Mariah Haas | Fox News
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The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences has launched "disciplinary proceedings" against Will Smith after the "King Richard" star slapped presenter Chris Rock at the Oscars Sunday.
"The Board of Governors today initiated disciplinary proceedings against Mr. Smith for violations of the academy’s standards of conduct, including inappropriate physical contact, abusive or threatening behavior and compromising the integrity of the academy," a statement obtained by Fox News Digital says.
"Mr. Smith was asked to leave the ceremony and refused, [but] we also recognize we could have handled the situation differently."
Many have focused on why Smith was allowed to remain seated in the front row at the Academy Awards after the incident. On Wednesday, the academy said it attempted to remove the actor from the audience.
"Things unfolded in a way we could not have anticipated," the academy said. "While we would like to clarify that Mr. Smith was asked to leave the ceremony and refused, we also recognize we could have handled the situation differently."
A representative for the academy declined to give specifics on how it tried to removed Smith. After Smith struck Rock in response to a joke about wife Jada Pinkett Smith, several stars, including Denzel Washington, Bradley Cooper and Tyler Perry spoke to the 53-year-old Smith.
The academy said Smith has the opportunity to defend himself in a written response before the board meets again April 18. The film academy earlier condemned Smith's onstage assault of Rock, but it used stronger language Wednesday.
"Mr. Smith’s actions at the 94th Oscars were a deeply shocking, traumatic event to witness in-person and on television," the academy said. "Mr. Rock, we apologize to you for what you experienced on our stage, and thank you for your resilience in that moment. We also apologize to our nominees, guests and viewers for what transpired during what should have been a celebratory event."
Smith has since publicly apologized to Rock after he slapped the comedian during the Oscars Sunday evening.
"Violence in all of its forms is poisonous and destructive," Smith wrote in part on Instagram before publicly apologizing to Rock. "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.
Smith's full statement: "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.
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"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."
Rock was spotted Tuesday for the first time since Sunday night staying at a Boston-area hotel as he prepares to perform at The Wilbur Wednesday night.
Reps for Smith did not immediately respond to Fox News' request for comment.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
A recent video has resurfaced.
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You can see what Will Smith's problem is. It's right behind the camera. :roll:
Yikes, I know I shouldn't care about a couple of dumb rich celebs, but that vid bums me out from one man to another.
so entangled