Posted on 03/29/2022 1:16:48 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
The smack heard round the world. That’s what this year’s Academy Awards are likely to be remembered for, after Will Smith struck comedian Chris Rock in the face as he presented the award for best documentary feature.
The incident came after Rock made a joke about Smith’s wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, mocking her shaved head. Pinkett Smith, an actress and host of the award-winning talk show Red Table Talk, has publicly shared her struggles with alopecia, an autoimmune disorder that attacks hair cells. The tasteless jab was enough to cause Smith to march on stage and strike the chuckling comedian with an open hand, eliciting gasps from the audience.
It’s destined to become one of the most jaw-dropping moments in Oscars history with Rock himself joking, “That was the greatest night in the history of television!” moments after the altercation.
But it’s not the first time that the actor has found himself caught up in controversy. Here are some of Smith’s other surprising outbursts.
1. His 1989 arrest for assault
Before he was a Hollywood star, Smith first achieved recognition as one half of the hip hop duo DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince. In 1989, the musical act won their first Grammy. But just months later, Smith was arrested for his alleged involvement in an attack on record promoter William Hendricks that almost blinded the victim in one eye.
Smith, an up-and-coming star who was just 20 at the time, allegedly ordered his bodyguard to attack Hendricks at a radio station. The rapper was arrested and spent the night in a Philadelphia jail, where he was charged with aggravated assault, criminal conspiracy, simple assault and recklessly endangering another person. The charges were eventually dropped, and Smith has always maintained his innocence.
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Still fake.
Did The Fresh Prince kill Tupac?
So none of this crap. A pimp slapped a man over a ho, don’t give me any of this “married” crap. They are both rentals, worn VHS and not even Blu Ray.
He’s like a black Alec Baldwin.
At least Arec has a few decent film credits.
Regards,
hmmm...he had the motive and the money...
Will “OJ” Smith.
And he made fun of a bald man on Arsenio Hall.
Raging jealousy and an open marriage.......Right...what a fckn’n mental case
That last one on this list was totally justifiable. If some jerk I don’t know runs up to me out of no where and tries to hug and kiss me I’ll punch him too. Now if it was Mila Jovavich... OK. But not some man rushing me out of a crowd.
Whoopee— the field workers are fighting— what is new for many decades? And yeah it was probably all drummed up— after all “GI JANE” with a head shaved Demi Moore playing a fake A@@ NAVY SEAL recruit.... was over 20 YEARS AGO!!
Supersensitive and super coked up no count Will Smith and a jacka@@ loser comedian that cant hold a candle to Dave Chapelle.
WILL: What the hell is your problem? (SLAP)
there is a scientology component to this...they do slapping..and Will seems to have some connection to scientology
Will Smith = world’s most famous cuckhold
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