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Today show host Craig Melvin slams Will Smith for Chris Rock slap and stoking idea that 'men of color can't control anger' - but Whoopi Goldberg DEFENDS him on The View, saying 'sometimes you behave badly'
Daily Mail UK ^ | March 28, 2022 | Andrea Cavallier

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.'

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: chrisrock; craigmelvin; oscarssoblack; theview; whoopi; whoopigoldberg; willsmith
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To: DarrellZero

More like wifey told him, “You just gonna let him get away with that?”


21 posted on 03/28/2022 1:30:20 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: dragonblustar

“Yeah, he bitch slapped Rock. Insulting him in many ways. You notice the soy latte types are the ones in Hollywood protesting this the most. I hope next year brings snatching weaves and cat fights!”

Just all out ghetto and World Star


22 posted on 03/28/2022 1:30:21 PM PDT by Morgana ( Always a bit of truth in dark humor. )
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To: BigEdLB

I’ll be the first to admit I didn’t find that joke funny and making fun at a sick woman is not cool. I think Will could have handled this better than going full ghetto. Will was laughing until his wife gave him the evil eye.


23 posted on 03/28/2022 1:33:22 PM PDT by Morgana ( Always a bit of truth in dark humor. )
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To: Morgana
Whoopi’s net worth: $60 million
Chris Rock’s net worth: $60 million
Will Smith’s net worth: $350 million
Just keepin’ it real.
24 posted on 03/28/2022 1:33:25 PM PDT by gundog ( It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: Morgana

“Today show host Craig Melvin slams Will Smith for Chris Rock slap and stoking idea that ‘men of color can’t control anger’ - but Whoopi Goldberg DEFENDS him on The View, saying ‘sometimes you behave badly’”

Today show host Craig Melvin slams Will Smith for Chris Rock slap and stoking idea that ‘men of color can’t control anger’ - but Whoopi Goldberg DEFENDS him on The View, saying sometimes you behave badly but only if you’re a person of color

There, clarified it


25 posted on 03/28/2022 1:33:59 PM PDT by antidemoncrat
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To: Morgana
I’ll be the first to admit I didn’t find that joke funny and making fun at a sick woman is not cool.

Probably should not have Chris Rock then, I think he's well well known for this type of performance. And we don't know that he was aware of the medical condition.

26 posted on 03/28/2022 1:35:19 PM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: piytar

... if someone cracked a joke about my Mom when she had a serious illness (cancer), I’d have done a lot more than b##### slap the jerk.
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I like both Chris Rock and Will Smith. Each is two standard deviations above the industry average talent. CR made a horrible judgment. Smith should not have smacked him but it was a purely human reaction and it was a slap not a punch.

The entire Oscars schtick involves insulting and humiliating individual members of the audience one after another. It’s wretched. If there is any good that comes out of this going forward, it just may be to tone down some of these non-funny, non-clever personal attacks on audience members.

I see no possibility that this was staged.


27 posted on 03/28/2022 1:35:22 PM PDT by drellberg
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To: piytar

“So I do not hold this against Will Smith.”

Neither do I. I look at this like Chris Rock’s “Andy Kaufman” moment. Sometimes these guys go a little too far.


28 posted on 03/28/2022 1:36:31 PM PDT by beef (Let’s go Baizuo!)
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To: piytar

He had a long standing feud with Rock and this was probably icing on the cake. A lot of emotion there, You could see Rock trying to collect himself afterwards. I think Will hit a cord for those tired of seeing jokes made on someone else’s misery. You can tell this hit a nerve with the cowardly liberals who are use to doing this to others and expecting them to take it. Now, if someone could just smack Howard Stern!


29 posted on 03/28/2022 1:36:40 PM PDT by dragonblustar (2 Peter 2:14,1 Corinthians 6:18-20)
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To: dfwgator

More like wifey told him, “You just gonna let him get away with that?”

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Exactly.

I’ve seen this type of feminine trash all my life

” you and him fight “

She doesn’t have cancer
She’s not physically ill

She’s a thin skinned celeb like William thug.

Had ivanka been there with that hair style and Chris made that crack

All of Hollywood and every hair trigger violent thug of all colors would have loved and praised Chris for days.

The whole industry and thug culture are hypocritical trash.


30 posted on 03/28/2022 1:39:06 PM PDT by cuz1961 (USCGR Veteran )
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To: Morgana

Try to imagine for a second what would happen if Will Smith were white. 1st he would have been arrested right there IN that auditorium, the Marxist propaganda media would be portraying him as a white supremacist KKK member who “whipped a black man”, he would have had his butt sued off by everyone involved in that show, and his career would have been utterly GONE forever.


31 posted on 03/28/2022 1:39:30 PM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (As long as Hillary Clinton remains free, the USA will never have equal justice under the law)
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To: Morgana

They wanted the ghetto Oscar’s so…………!


32 posted on 03/28/2022 1:41:00 PM PDT by Dr. Ursus
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To: Morgana

33 posted on 03/28/2022 1:42:01 PM PDT by 4Liberty (Remember when government paved the Roads and trained the Army – instead of lying and oppressing?)
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda
Try to imagine for a second what would happen if Will Smith were white.

Imagine they were both White, it would be a story about toxic masculinity and a slam at White men not being able to control their tempers. The Academy would throw them out and take back their awards like they took back Harvey Weinstein's Oscars.

34 posted on 03/28/2022 1:42:31 PM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: 4Liberty

Damn straight.


35 posted on 03/28/2022 1:43:10 PM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: OldWarBaby

In Oct 2016 DeNiro said he wanted to hit PDJT in the face Will Smith just wanted a big moment of fame. Loser.WS


36 posted on 03/28/2022 1:44:31 PM PDT by cnsmom
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To: Morgana

Without the slap, would anyone be talking about this non event?


37 posted on 03/28/2022 1:46:40 PM PDT by Grampa Dave (Playing “Make Believe” is for liberal adults/children. It is past time to grow up!)
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To: Grampa Dave
Without the slap, would anyone be talking about this non event?

Well there's certainly no reason to talk about any of the crappy movies.

38 posted on 03/28/2022 1:49:22 PM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: Morgana

I anonymized it and this is what I got.

Chris Rock insults someone for their medical condition.

Husband of that person slaps Chris Rock.

Off screen I could’ve said it was a strange story but could’ve been justified. On screen it might have been staged, hard to say.

Its a tabloid story


39 posted on 03/28/2022 1:51:59 PM PDT by Bayard
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To: Morgana

Whiter than white baseball player Steve Garvey punched whiter than whiter player Don Sutton purportedly for remarks Sutton made about Garvey’s “family”, and they were on the same team.


40 posted on 03/28/2022 1:53:32 PM PDT by Dr. Sivana (“...we would live very well without Facebook."-B.LeMaire)
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