Posted on 03/28/2022 8:52:58 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
The smack heard ’round the world will not result in any charges — for now. According to NBC News, comedian Chris Rock declined to press charges against Will Smith after the Oscar-winning actor stormed the stage at the 2022 Academy Awards Sunday (March 27) and smacked Rock across the face with an open hand following a joke about Smith’s wife, actress Jada Pinkett Smith.
“LAPD investigative entities are aware of an incident between two individuals during the Academy Awards program,” the department said in a statement, NBC reported. “The incident involved one individual slapping another. The individual involved has declined to file a police report. If the involved party desires a police report at a later date, LAPD will be available to complete an investigative report.”
NBC News reported that spokespeople for Rock did not return requests for comment, and that senior sources at the LAPD said officers typically don’t take action in this kind of suspected misdemeanor battery investigation unless the victim wants to press charges or help fill out an incident report. Presenting the award for best documentary feature, Rock took the stage with some playful jabs at celebs in the audience. After making jokes about Javier Bardem, Penelope Cruz and Denzel Washington, Rock said, “Jada, I love you, G.I Jane 2, can’t wait to see it,” seemingly referring to the actress’s bald head. Pinkett Smith previously opened up about living with alopecia — an autoimmune disorder that causes hair loss — in 2018, and more recently in a December Instagram video.
Though Will Smith seemed to laugh at first, the actress frowned and did not seem amused. The actor then jumped up from his seat soon after and walked onto the stage in what seemed at first to be a planned comedic bit. But after Smith appeared to angrily slap Rock in the face, the stunned-looking comedian stammered a bit, then remarked, “Will Smith just smacked the s–t out of me,” which was followed by a long silence on the live broadcast in which the actor repeatedly demanded that the comedian “keep my wife’s name out of your f—ing mouth.” Unedited international broadcasts of the incident provided the heated audio in full.
A short time after the incident that became an instantly viral moment, eliciting wildly ranging responses from comedians, fellow actors and the Smith’s son, Jaden (who tweeted “And That’s How We Do It”), Will Smith took the stage to accept the best actor award for his portrayal of Venus and Serena Williams’ father, Richard Williams, in King Richard. In the tearful speech, Smith referred to the often-controversial Williams patriarch as a “fierce defender of his family,” and went on to apologize to the Academy and his fellow nominees, but not to Chris Rock.
It was not the first time that Rock and Jada Pinkett Smith have clashed over his comments at the Oscars. When Rock hosted in 2016 and Pinkett Smith was boycotting the event over the “Oscars So White” controversy, Rock joked at the event, “Jada boycotting the Oscars is like me boycotting Rihanna’s panties. I wasn’t invited.” She later responded, “Hey, look, it comes with the territory. We gotta keep it moving.”
The left,have seriously,said that trump,was,to,Trump,,, for what went down between cris and will... no seriously, some mental tds sufferer actuslly said that
I’m talking about those people who held up a fake Trump head with blood or joked about raping his son. Those are vicious and sick. People like that get away with it. I’m sure if the had to face Trump afterwards, the smirks on their face would be gone.
Amazing! This might be the first time a Chris Rock joke ever got a rise out of someone in the audience!
If, and it’s a huge if, if it was not staged, then Jada should be ashamed of old limpy wrist slapping him like that. It was really,really pathetic. Ive seen Hollywood slaps in movies hit harder by mistake
Post of the day.
Dang, apologies- that post got messed up
Try again
The left have seriously said that Trump was to blame for what went down between cris and will... no seriously, some poor mental tds sufferer actually said that
They’re desperate...although why they chose to put this up is beyond me. Next year will be 2 homos kissing...or worse. They started writing the script this morning!
Alex Baldwin should be in jail...Will Smith was just acting!
Billy Joel?
Forget it, he’s rolling.
This was basically a copycat imitation of something that happened at the Iranian equivalent of the academy awards. The Iranians did take the sword away from the Ayatollah who later received the award and refused give it back until the next day. No charges were filed after the comedian was determined to have blasphemed Allah.
So why did they cut it out of the time delayed feed to the United States? No one watching live here even saw it.
oh okay. I thought you thought the “GI Jane “ joke was vicious.
sorry for the confusion. :)
yes i agree. Jada coulda hit Rock harder. My old sister can and has hit harder.
Will may need to be tested for low T.
It was a fake slap. It was bad, watch any western movie on Saturday TV and you can see a better fake slap scene. Those two are buddies, and this thing was scripted.
Trying to bring drama to a failing media program. Next year they might try a fake drive by shooting to get more idiots to watch.
And that Jada gal? What a slut….
Let's not invite Baldwin
Haha, real tough guy. Pick on a woman and stand back and protect yourself with a gun? I’m sure your momma would be proud.
You can take the Oscars out of Compton, but you can't take Compton out of the Oscars.
What is it with Black people and their inability to contain themselves?
Alec Baldwin is black?
and yet, in a domestic, somebody usually goes to jail even though the victim declines charges...
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