Posted on 03/28/2022 1:20:47 PM PDT by Morgana
Co-hosts of The View slammed actor Will Smith for slapping Chris Rock onstage at the Oscars Sunday night, calling his shocking outburst 'immature and childish,' but Whoopi Goldberg broke ranks to defend the actor, saying 'sometimes you behave badly.'
The 53-year-old actor who won an Oscar later that evening marched onto the stage and hit Rock in the face, then returned to his seat and yelled, 'Keep my wife's name out your f---ing mouth!' after the comedian made a joke about Jada Pinkett Smith's hair.
The bizarre outburst led to swift backlash from millions of viewers, including The View co-hosts Sunny Hostin and Ana Navarro who discussed the ordeal on Monday, calling it 'toxic masculinity' and a 'crime of assault.'
But co-host Whoopi stepped in with a different take.
'I think he overreacted…I think he had one of those moments where it was like G.D. it, just stop,' Whoopi said. 'I get it, not everybody acts the way we would like them to act under pressure. And he snapped.'
Meanwhile, on the Today show, host Craig Melvin slammed Smith for aiding 'this long-held perception that men of color can't control their rage and anger.'
'It was really disappointing,' Melvin said. 'If you're rearing a boy, especially in this country, you spend so much time talking to our kids about keeping your hands to yourself and this long health perception that man of color can't control their rage and their anger and to see someone who's been that beloved for decades - it was troubling on so many levels.'
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Yeah, well, Alec Baldwin wasn't there.
“You just gonna let him get away with that?”
Followed by “aww hell no”.
Followed by a short-armed slap.
Should have just shot him, which is proper protocol.
Will went off script, literally.
Chris Rock:
“When I go to the money machine at night, I’m not looking over my shoulder for the media...”
“Ted Kopple never took nothin’ from me...”
Sure. And save your worst behavior for when you're on live TV, broadcast around the world, so you can yell threatening obscenities at someone - twice! How many years of these ceremonies being broadcast and this is a first.
The FBI was called in and found Fresh Prints. (shamelessly stolen)
You know why he used an open hand. Paper beats rock.
Just stop?! It was a throwaway one-liner.
Well there’s certainly no reason to talk about any of the crappy movies.
Crappy movies with crappy actors of color have zero reasons for any discussions besides, “They are crappy!”
Maybe next year. But I still won't be watching.
“Try to imagine for a second what would happen if Will Smith were white...”
Yes I know they are basically telling us they do not care if blacks beat up and kill each other. This is the new entertainment of the Roman Colosseum and the blacks are the gladiators beating each other to death. It used to be on just World Star now it’s on the Oscars for an Oscar.
It was so staged. Very scripted.
Assault, someone on national tv and win an oscar instead of a trip to jail!:
https://media.patriots.win/post/vACogmo9WgTn.jpeg
LMAO
Nope...
I guess that's where he draws the line!
Chris Rock insults someone for their medical condition
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Maybe he didn’t know.
My wife , petit mal cerebral palsy.
A medical condition.
A disability.
If I assaulted every one who made snide comments , knowingly or not, it still be in jail.
When they made the joke about her speech , or tremors, I would state what her condition was
And those who were around would be disgusted at the one who made the comment
that consequence was good enough for us
And more often then not an apology to her and I was made
No punk ass thuggery needed.
It’s not like Chris’s called her a whore.
And even if he had, does not justify assault.
That’s not manly,
that’s not honourable,
that’s crap.
That whole attitude is why chitcago and other thug low life city has so many murders.
Will just thought he was at Chuckie Cheese.
It would have more credibility if Smith did not have an open marriage.
Quite plainly a man submissive to the sensitivities and ego of a woman.
WHAT???? Does she CHEAT on him??? And he KNOWS of it??? If so, then he is a BI SEXUAL....why ELSE would she be with other men?
Also, this was staged to get some JAZZ going about movies and the OSCARS that NOBODY watches.
Are the OSCRAS ONLY for BLACKS now??
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