Kudos to Chris Rock for handling everything so well.
My TV doesn’t pick up anything, so I couldn’t watch the show if I wanted to. But, some clips online show Smith crying and being consoled.
Now, I just read that Smith won Best Actor (?) and apologized to everyone except Rock? And Rock has declined to press charges:
https://www.cnet.com/culture/entertainment/chris-rock-decides-not-to-press-charges-against-will-smith-lapd-says/?msclkid=3732f389ae5611ec8c0fd15dd46523bf
Rock should’ve pressed charges, imho.
It’s always hard to tell, but I don’t think these big award ceremonies’ results are known before. It’s possible it’s all fixed, but the La La Land vs Moonlight one and the firing of the guy that screwed it up live is somewhat proof that it’s ‘real’.
I don’t this this Smith/Rock thing was planned. Just a gut reaction.
i don’t think he can decline to press charges- these days if it is witnessed- cops have to arrest I think-
Years ago we were watching the show where they did ice mining for gold- and the folks were i n a bar, and a supposed fight broke out- i watched it and saw one of the fellas slam a glass into the face (supposedly) of another fella- heard the ‘glass break’ but saw that the glass didnt’ actually break- so i rewound it- went frame by frame- and sure enough the glass did Not hit his face, nor did it break, but they dubbed in the sound of glass breaking, and the fella reeled backwards as though mike tyson had hit him- The frame by frame video clearly showed he didn’t hit the fellas face-
also- the fella that supposedly broke the glass was never arrested- despite tons of witnesses to the supposed fight- Several ‘punches’ were thrown, and not one of them connected- yet you heard all kinds of ‘punches landing’