[1Old Pro]

Yep, absolutely outrageous to condone knee jerk PHYSICAL VIOLENCE. Good thing Will didn’t have a gun.

[RummyChick]

Michael Steele
@MichaelSteele
What a sad commentary when you slap the crap out of someone on live TV, win an Oscar, get a standing ovation and then accept that Oscar talking about “love”. There was so much wrong about this moment. #Oscars2022

[GreenHornet]

There are a ton of security people at these events. I noticed none of them came onto the stage to get between the two and get the situation under control.

[joshua c]

is that a proper response to a mean joke?

btw will was laughing at the joke until he got the evil eye from jada

[OKSooner]

Totally staged.

[airborne]

We have to do something about hand violence!

Black folks being slapped down is unacceptable!

Oh, wait. It was a black on black slap?

Never mind.

[CodeToad]

Staged or not, people are talking about the event and more will watch next year.

[Telepathic Intruder]

Will Smith said he was called by God to protect people 10 minutes after assaulting someone for making a joke. Is his god the same as the Muslim one?

[I want the USA back]

Does anyone really think that this wasn’t planned?

[Tired of Taxes]

Chris Rock is black. Where was his privilege? He was smacked, and no one did a thing about it.

Smith still got to stay and receive his award. He was even cheered and celebrated.

[gr8eman]

(Shaking Head)...I told my son when he first started watching TV here in the US that everything on TV is fake. The reason I told him that is because EVERYTHING ON TV IS FAKE! The best ratings the Oscars probably ever got is when Ricky Gervais told that joke about the fat guy on that stupid show about those idiots on that island (Not Gilligan's) eating them all...or Hugh Hefner lying about his age before he got married.

I flicked on the radio this morning on my way to work and a news flash (a la 1984) came on. But instead of talking about the war in Ukraine, it was about a publicity stunt at the Oscars. So much for news.

[Penelope Dreadful]

Jada has hair issues??? I bet she wore White Girl Hair so much that the chemicals they use to attach that stuff ruined her hair. Serves her right culturally appropriating my hair!

[Altura Ct.]

Black Privilege at the Oscars

Not just the Oscars...

[blackdog]

Feeding the alligators, hoping they'll get around to eating you last.

Biden warned us about shortages.

[dynachrome]

His wifey probably said something like “Do something about that N——!”

[Tallguy]

Relax. It was all a setup.

1) We are actually talking about the Oscars program the next day. When was the last time we could say that?

2) Will is a pretty big guy (compared to Chris Rock).

3) Will has had some boxing training and obviously gaffed a lot of fights in his movie career.

4) Chris Rock rolled out of that like a pro, leading me to believe that Will tipped the punch/slap.

5) Chris did not go down, did not walk off, and did not press charges.

[butlerweave]

Savages

[silent majority rising]

Smith should have gotten another oscar for his staged fight performance, and Rock a “Best supporting actress” award. If anyone connected that hard with someone, they would have gone down and Rock moved very little. STAGED!

[eeriegeno]

Actors act and black actors act black. 13%

[Don W]

So, pro wrestling has gone Hollywood?