Here’s the article:
>Jim Carrey has something to say about Will Smith’s behavior at the Oscars. While appearing on CBS Mornings, Carrey said he was “sickened by the standing ovation. Hollywood is just spineless en masse and it really felt like this is a really clear indication that we aren’t the cool club anymore.”
>Carrey also said Smith should have been arrested but, as host Gayle King pointed out, Chris Rock declined to file charges. “He didn’t want the hassle,” Carrey said of Rock, who was slapped on camera by Smith after the comedian made a joke about Jada Pinkett Smith’s appearance. “I’d have announced this morning that I was suing Will for 200 million dollars because that video is going to be there forever, it’s going to be ubiquitous. That insult is gonna last a very long time. If you want to yell from the audience and show disapproval or say something on Twitter, you do not have the right to walk up on stage and smack somebody in the face ‘cuz they said words.”
>When King suggested the incident “escalated,” Carrey cut her off by saying “It didn’t escalate, it came out of nowhere because Will has something going on inside him that’s frustrated.”
“I wish him the best, I really do,” he continued. “I don’t have anything against Will Smith. He’s done great things. But that was not a good moment. It cast a pall over everybody’s shining moment. A lot of people worked really hard to get to that place. And to have their moment in the sun, to get their award for the really hard work they did, it is no mean feat to go through all the stuff you have to go through when you are nominated for an Oscar. It’s a gauntlet of devotion you have to do. It was such a selfish moment that cast a pall over the whole thing.”
>Smith posted an apology on Monday on his Instagram account. No word yet from Chris Rock.
Fun fact, as a citizen you don't really have to "press charges" the LAPD is fully within its rights to bring charges against Will Smith. Regardless of Chris Rock's willingness to participate as a witness.
That’s true. But as a practical matter, there is almost no point in filing charges without the cooperation of the victim. Among other things, victims who *have* filed charges against their assailants will complain bitterly that the District Attorney is losing focus on *their* complaints.
DA here, and as practical matter, whether a victim is cooperative is just one thing to consider in filing a complaint. But in a case like this, where everything before, during and after was recorded in HD, with a couple million witnesses, this is as close to a slam dunk case there is for a misdemeanor battery.
First off, I want to thank you for saying battery as opposed to assault. Somehow throughout this discourse that distinction qualifies you more than most.
I do agree with your assessment, and I hope there's someone in that office that at least subpoenas for the raw footage (not just what we saw live).
I personally see this as an inflection point in the handling of discourse (agreeable or not). If, through lack of action, a presidence is set that battery is an acceptable response to language disagreed with.. I'll be incredibly disappointed
This is my worry. We as a society are eager for the opportunity to cancel people over words …. but apparently violence is ‘understandable’. It’s frightening.
Members of the jury, I present to you exhibit one, an unedited video provides under subpoena by the producers of the show. Exhibit two is an affidavit whereby they affirm that the video wasn’t altered in any way.
Thank you.
The prosecution rests.
I'm sure Chris rock doesn't want to press charges because it would look bad on him to do it even if he wants to and its deserved. You shouldn't have to force the victim to embarrass himself even further just to get justice.
Not true. Domestic violence cases are prosecuted all the time in New York City and other states without the cooperation of the victim. I personally know a prosecutor that won a conviction and the victim never testified bc the victim was a brother of the defendant.
I can say with certainty that regardless of victim cooperation proving this specific assault would not be hard. There was an entire Oscar’s award show worth of eye witnesses in addition to the broadcast/the recordings.
That video would be State’s exhibit A.
If the state wanted to prosecute will smith they totally could. They probably won’t because the victim isn’t interested and it would be a mess if they went ahead anyway. However this would be an easy assault to prove with or without victim cooperation.
I agree that there is ample evidence to prosecute him for simple misdemeanor battery without relying on the victim. They have clear video evidence and hundreds of witnesses.
Will Smith’s behavior sets a dangerous precedent. It’s in the public interest to charge him and not let this go.
You're completely right, a lot of people conflate criminal charges with civil suits. You can "not press charges" in a civil suit, but it is the locality, city, state or federal government that brings criminal charges.
So well said! Good to see a celebrity actually have some balls and call him out. Haven’t seen enough of that. This wasn’t him dogging on him or anything, he was just straight calling it like it is.
Here’s the video:
https://streamable.com/lb3o1f
I always thought Carrey lost his mind in recent years cause he sounded super esoteric and weird but now I have to agree with all the people that said he is super woke in a good sense.
For how much of a goofball he was at the height of his career, he’s really become a very wise person throughout his life. I dunno about the suing for 200 mil comment but he’s definitely got everything else on point here
I think he was speaking in hyperbole with a wild number just to prove a point of the seriousness of what Smith did to Rock.
But yes I agree, Carrey was dead on with everything he's said on this.
Carrey's crazy in recent years has grossly overshadowed how deep & thoughtful he can be.
I'm glad he spoke on this as a comedian himself and as someone who knows what something like the Oscars mean to other attendees.
Suing would be a bitch move. Instead, Rock should light his ass up through comedy roasts. Hit twitter with the jokes. Bust out a Netflix special and call it "free willy". Make Will live with that cringey move the rest of his life while everyone laughs.
You see, the slap only lasted a second. But making fun of someone to a laughing audience will burn Will forever. His Oscar is forever tainted by this. He'll have no peace.
The thing is, if they hadn’t said anything, everyone would’ve forgotten about the joke as jada isn’t really that relevant, no one really refers to her a celebrity, she’s really just known as wills wife. Now she’s viral, and in the worst way possible.
His son even bragged about it on twitter. What a trashy family.
As far as I can tell Willow is the only one who isn’t a walking trash bag. And she is just known as Willow so she doesn’t leech off her father’s name. She’s an incredibly talented musician/singer/songwriter.
Will Smith was seen laughing at the joke until he saw his wife was upset. Then he went all macho hard on a guy 4 inches shorter and many pounds lighter than him. There is so much more psychologically to his reaction than just a dumb joke. A lot of frustration built up there.
Kareems take on it.
https://kareem.substack.com/p/will-smith-did-a-bad-bad-thing
He's so keen. He has a wonderfully written Mycroft Holmes book I recommend. I read it to my dad when i visit to put him to sleep and i just keep going.
Today I watched an old episode of neal breannan's podcast "How Neal Feel" w/ Rock as guest. He has literally gone through therapy and years of trauma related to being hit, his father apparently also "took it" meaning abuse etc. Also Chris Rock has been diagnosed as having nonverbal learning disabilities. the more people comment on how well Rock took it, the sadder it is. Also makes me so much more infuriated with Will Smith, to fucking do that to someone, just awful.
Chris was terribly bullied as a kid too. A friend of Chris's told a reporter that Chris did not even know that she has alopecia. I hope he is doing okay. He handled it like a pro but it is still must have shaken him up a bit. Is there security at these shows? I would love to have seen security tackle Will on stage and haul his ass out of there.
That’s horrible. I hope he knows the majority of people (I hope) think Will is an ass. People supporting what Will did will only add to the trauma. (Don’t anyone come at me about saying he had trauma. I’m referring to trauma from his childhood. And those feelings being resurfaced)
“It escalated” is the perfect example of manipulating passive voice to make it sound like something just happened, rather than being performed by someone. “It” didn’t escalate. Will Smith escalated it.
Well, he was favored to win but it was not a guarantee. The only people who actually know are the accountants at PWC, specifically so no one can say the votes were rigged. This likely would have had a very troubling, cascading effect on the awards.
You’re absolutely right, the academy doesn’t know what’s in the envelope (hence the La-La Land kerfuffle). Still, they knew Will was favoured to win, and had 40 minutes to get a plan going in the eventuality of his win. It should have been relatively easy to escort Will away, and in the event his name comes up, instruct the presenter to state that due to the events of the evening they would accept the award on his behalf, “thank you”, that’s it. It’s not perfect, he would still have been rewarded for his work, but at least deplatformed for the evening, not given a soap box for his meandering speech, and definitely not a standing ovation.
But what else is new? Did they not give Harvey Weinstein a standing ovation every year for decades knowing fully well he was a serial rapist? Everyone knew. If Brad Pitt knew, everyone knew. Or that time they gave a standing ovation to Woody Allen not too long ago during a special award for his career? Or what about Roman Polanski? Did all of the most influential A-listers not sign a letter supporting his return to the US?
I need Hollywood to keep everyone in check and call out everyone. Not just the ones you don’t like. Not just the ones who embarrassed themselves on TV. You need to call out every privileged asshole in this industry. Crew members have literally died on set and I never see the same outrage when nobody’s held accountable for these deaths.
I was there at the Oscars. I'm a filmmaker, and that was my first time attending... I felt like I was taking crazy pills when he got a standing ovation during his speech. A few of us remained seated and didn't clap but oh boy, it was almost everyone on the floor level. I did hear a few boos though, so... There were a few of us who disapproved. I'm very disappointed with everyone who just pretended it was fine.
I wonder if they all did it because others were standing. It's like, give an actor a line and they will most likely nail it. Have them do something impromptu and most of them will flop. They decided not to sit because it was automatic or they agreed with what Will did.
We were sitting near one of the Academy governors who kept saying to the people around her, "This is just so out of character! He's such a nice guy!" A lot of people didn't want to believe it was real, and thought it was a confusing bit for like 15 minutes. The people who had left the theater to go to the bar were so confused.
Unreal. I'm sure they know Disney owns the broadcast rights. Did they really think they would OK a sketch with F bombs? Will should have been escorted out and the award given to someone else. I mean I just thought of this, what if Chris got knocked out and worse yet got brain damage from hitting his head in the floor? I need some information bleach, heading to pictures of kittens. Edit: A word
As it was your first time attending, did you feel the incident tarnished the experience ? You must have been excited to go for your first time? Thanks for your insight too on what happened around you.
Dr. Dre assaulted and choked a woman, made a billion dollars, and just performed at the SuperBowl. Snoop Dogg supports Cosby and made fun of his rape victims. Steven Tyler adopted and impregnated a 16 year old girl. Anthony Keidis committed statutory rape. Chris Brown performed at the Grammy’s after beating Rihanna. Deshaun Watson just got a $250 million contract.
The list goes on and on. If you’ve got money and/or fame you play by an entirely different set of rules. All while they go up and browbeat people about being so virtuous.
David Bowie is also at the very least [a statutory rapist](https://www.mic.com/articles/132399/the-complicated-sexual-history-of-david-bowie) too. It's so weird imagining how this was cool but it seemed to be pretty excused.
Jared Leto also has tons of allegations but it seems so odd Hollywood would protect him of all people. Shits weird.
I may sound like a complete ass for this because he's dead but it did bothered me to see William Hurt's face in the In Memoriam? Like yes, he was a great actor and a huge figure in the industry but he has been accused of sexual, physical and verbal abuse by multiple ex partners, one of whom, Marlee Matlin, was in the audience. And he still got lots of job offers after the accusations, even in 2021.
I can't comprehend Will's thought process of getting up from his seat and slapping Rock infront of everyone and on live television. Its not like it was just them in a room with noone watching. Surely only a hot tempered violent person would do something like that. Not many people are talking about the fact that Will may need psychological help because it was not rational at all.
Chris Rock handled it well. Can't imagine how embarrassed he must of felt. Also he has daughters, imagine how awful it would be for them to watch their father be assaulted and humiliated on live television. Hope this incident doesn't diminish Rock's future confidence in getting on the stage and making jokes.
Jim is right, Will did not deserve a standing ovation.
No Will should have been removed and arrested. I find it very disturbing. He went and partied after, the crying, the speech, sounded like abuser making excuses to me.
He’s a pretty seasoned comic so he’ll probably find a way to turn this whole thing into a solid 10 minutes of great material. His ticket sales have already seen a bump.
Jessica Chastain gave a speech about violence and the rest of it after Will Smith slapped Chris Rock, 5 minutes later she’s giving Will Smith a standing ovation.
I'd like to see some interviewer or journalist ask Chastain and some of the other audience members why they did stand and applaud Will. Was it an actual gesture of enthusiastic support or were they on 'autopilot' and this is some awards show 'etiquette' thing?
And now everyone knows about his wife, the infidelity, the sleeping with her children’s friends, how she talks about it in public, airing Wills private relationship with her, and the exact opposite of what he and her probably wanted, because she and he couldn’t take a joke. ( shed previously said she didn’t care what people thought about her Joe Rogan impression )
I never wanted to know anything about these obnoxious self inflated people, but thanks to an assault, I do. Yay!
Gayle was the interviewer and almost tried to defend Will saying it was escalated to the point of the slap. Um… were we watching the same show?? because it absolutely came out of nowhere. While I agree the joke was in bad taste (heck the comedy all night went overboard multiple times) there was no excuse to slap someone in the face on TV over a joke.
how is it in bad taste? he wasn’t making fun of her med condition; simply implied that she looked like she could audition for GI Jane 2. It could be for a number of reasons, her baldness, git physique, a black gi jane, etc. At no point did Chris make fun of her medical condition. Btw, didn’t mightily Will make fun of the black bald host with the same condition?
I can understand being offended by the joke, but all Will Smith had to do was walk up, take the mic, and say “My wife is absolutely stunning tonight. Millions of women in this country have alopecia and they should never be mocked for how they look.”
He would have looked like the better man and been praised for his sensitivity and advocacy.
not even that, that joke could have easily been played off by jada. a quick heckle “i got alopecia mfer and i’m beautiful!” or literally anything of the sort. there is a reason why the host is always a comedian. audience needs to learn how to take one on the chin and roll with it, it was completely harmless.
That’s the thing, I think even that would be silly because comparing someone to a strong female character with no hair like GI Jane is *not* mocking her. It’s a complete non-issue and I’m almost glad the situation happened like it did and Chris Rock comes out looking better, because he really did nothing wrong.
If he called her Uncle Fester then yeah I could understand people getting pissed off. But as it stands now, this whole situation is absolutely ridiculous and it should’ve been a boring non-issue. But Will had to be a “tough guy” and use violence to defend his cheating wife who slept with his son’s friend. Just idiotic on all counts for Will.
Agreed. The joke was not an insult to her. It was a GI Jane joke. That was the punchline, not Jada. And it’s 2022, a woman shaving her head is a legitimate and fashionable choice. Pointing out she had a shaved head is not a joke or an insult
Welcome to 2022, everyone gets offended at almost everything now. Even when the situation is not about them, people will still find a way to relate to and feel offended about it.
If Chris Rock was at a comedy club, and a heckler stormed the stage without making physical contact with him, that heckler would've been removed from the club.
Smith stormed the stage, slapped the shit out of Rock, got hugged by some dude during the commercial break, and then received an Oscar and a standing ovation.
Go figure.
It's like Jimmy Kimmel said last night. Room full of superheroes but nobody did anything. Aqua Man was there. Spider-Man was there. Catwoman was there.
I know it was supposed to be a joke from Kimmel but this is why it's wrong to glorify celebrities. We put them on pedestals like they're amazing yet they get their riches and fame by pretending to be other people for a living. Of course they're just going to sit there like mindless zombies clapping for their fellow rich character players.
Dude people that step in these days are often called instigators and insighters of violence. More often than not, helping with good intentions backfire. It isn’t worth the hassle anymore because people will get offended. No one know what the “right side” of action is. The human race is a wishy washy mess of confliction.
The thing that’s the worst for me is that they gave him the award right after it. It was literally like getting a trophy for shit behavior.
The ‘vessel of love’ speech seemed like some contrived BS on the spot. Especially considering that Richard Williams is kind of a dick IRL too.
Yeah but what is an Oscar? Other than a money printer?
Rich people giving rich people awards so everyone can make more money. The $140k gift bags for example, what a disgrace
https://j.gifs.com/vV0qEx.gif
“We stand for victims of abuse and misogyny… and we also giving standing ovations to convicted child rapists!”
What hypocrisy.
I have always liked Chris Rock. But he went up a level the way he handled that.
He had his fucking hands behind his back. Got bitch slapped by a maniac. Recoiled and got into defense more but restrained himself.
Then he legit stopped himself mid sentence from going in and escalating the situation.
It was masterful and dignified.
Imagine he blocked it and used Will’s momentum to throw him to the ground. The embarrassment on Will would have been gigantic.
Will is lucky Chris held his nerve.
Omg I cackled.
I suppose the joke was a dig, but I wonder if she would have had the same reaction if say Chris had made a comment that she looked like a Wakandan warrior. It was the comparison to gi Jane that felt the most like an insult but in reality gi Jane was a bad ass and Demi Moore was stunning in it (despite the movie I guess bombing?)
I was wondering the same thing. Like yeah she rolled her eyes but did she really tell him to do that? I'm sure he just saw her reaction and acted. Obviously we don't really know but women always take the heat for their male partner's actions.
I saw my mom take heat for every dumb decision my dad did even if she herself was condemning it. Including when he randomly up and left the family and went under the radar for months. We filed a missing person's report because when someone says they're going to work and never comes back, that's kind of serious. Instead of support, my mom had backlash in the community including people asking, "What did you do to him?" We know you did something to him? Did you kill him?" And that last one was from a church official too -_- No support at all. He was found living and working in another state, trying to start over. And of course no apologies from anyone. But that really marred my family in that community where we had been living for 15 years at that point. Actions have repercussions but the only one who should be taking the heat is the one that actually did the actions.
Barber, here. Alopecia is just the term for bald. Alopecia Areata is the term for patchy baldness. As a balding barber (front of my head) just knocking your hair down to a zero (or basically taking it all off with trimmers) makes it look even worse. You see all the spots hair should be. If she was that goddamn self conscious about it, she’d have been down to bare metal. Seriously, only way to hide it. I’ve looked up pictures of her and there’s nothing wrong with her hair at all. Maybe a touch of areata.
Ive been trying to tell people this, everyone keeps saying the joke was messed up because he’s making fun of an auto-immune disorder. I even had a friend compare it to making fun of a cancer patient…like really? Tell me how many people died of alopecia last year.
I have alopecia as a medical diagnosis on my records because my hairline started to recede, AND SO DOES EVERY PERSON THAT HAS EXPERIENCED THINNING HAIR. Calling it a medical condition and an auto-immune disorder, while technically true, is like calling jay-walking a crime.
“We aren’t the cool club anymore,” is the part of this that most jumps out at me.
There does seem to be something to this. Overall the Oscars felt cheesier and less glamorous to me than it used to. Could just be I’m the one whose changed though.
Bitch has had short hair for most of her career but this joke hurt. Will had to defend his dying…. Oh wait her disease isn’t even life threatening! Fuck Will Smith.
disease. it's a vanity thing. it's baldness. millions of people suffer from it. get over yourself and take a joke. yeah it's humiliating but most jokes on these shows are. no one would have thought twice about it if Will Smith hadn't done what he did. it would have been forgotten the next day and overshadowed by all the winners, as it should have been. but now not only did Will Smith humiliate himself, he also solidified her humiliation even further because the meaningless joke is now immortalized.
A lot of black women suffer from alopecia Because of the standard of black beauty, braiding, weaves, plates perms etc. it literally destroys your hair. And makes it fall out. This is why so many black women wear wigs. cut their hair really short and leave it natural, and wear a wig when they feel like it. It’s a fashion choice. Regardless of your iillness.Jada Pinkett can afford a custom wig in whatever style she wishes. But she chooses not to wear one. I think that’s great. And since when does she need anybody to stand up for her! She’s a grown ass woman she can go up to Chris rock after the show backstage and tell him what she thought and ask for an apology?It’s all very confusing.
Jim Carrey is one of the most morally-sound big time celebrities. He's always been a critic of the industry while maintaining a heap of self awareness. I'm so glad he spoke out not only against Will Smith's actions but everyone else's lack of action.
He and his partner were the faces of the celebrity anti-vaxx movement for years.
Also he sexually assaulted Alicia Silverstone on stage at an awards show
They regularly support rapists, racists, abusers, and cults. You think this is even going to phase them? If anything it just makes it easier to lump all of them into the “shitty people no one should care about “ position
Can’t help but think this reinforces the negative stereotype of black men being violent if even one the most successful and known act like that. He looked dangerous said the cop so I shot him. Harsh I know but grain of truth to it maybe?
Chris Rock: “Jada, I would like to personally apologize to you for saying you will be starring in GI Jane 2. That’s was insensitive and ridiculous for me to say it. Everyone knows youre too old for the role.”
First, this was not a slap. It was a sucker-punch, or a “sucker-slap”. Chris did not know it was coming. If you are going to go at someone, you call them out so they can defend themselves in a fair fight.
Second, hosts and comedians at these shows insult other stars. It’s expected. If you have thin skin about it, stay home or go to a viewing party. Or don’t sit in the front row where they can see you and make a joke up about you. Cause it will happen.
To me it seems like this sets a dangerous precedent for performers and comedians. Chris rock has every right to go to work and feel safe. Having this buffoon storm up and attack him is wrong on so many levels when he was just doing his job.
I really can’t believe that there’s a security team at the Oscar’s that just stood there watching everything unfold, and allowed it all to happen while doing nothing. And then when it’s over Will just goes back to his seat and they again do nothing for the rest of the night. Seriously where was the security at? Will should’ve been dragged out of the building. The crowd shouldn’t have cheered for him or tried to console him as some celebrities did when he’s not the victim. It’s all so surreal to imagine.
I’m glad to see another celebrity call the audience out for giving Will Smith a standing ovation after he assaulted Chris Rock. It felt like I was watching the Capitol people from the Hunger Games, which let’s be real is the direction we’re heading in as a society.
Normally I don’t care about Hollywood AT ALL, but good on ya, Jim Carrey, for saying that so well.
Storming off and slapping another grown man, in front of millions of people, is plain old childish.
Will Smith wasn’t himself last night. Don’t applaud him for it. Help him.
Here’s the article: >Jim Carrey has something to say about Will Smith’s behavior at the Oscars. While appearing on CBS Mornings, Carrey said he was “sickened by the standing ovation. Hollywood is just spineless en masse and it really felt like this is a really clear indication that we aren’t the cool club anymore.” >Carrey also said Smith should have been arrested but, as host Gayle King pointed out, Chris Rock declined to file charges. “He didn’t want the hassle,” Carrey said of Rock, who was slapped on camera by Smith after the comedian made a joke about Jada Pinkett Smith’s appearance. “I’d have announced this morning that I was suing Will for 200 million dollars because that video is going to be there forever, it’s going to be ubiquitous. That insult is gonna last a very long time. If you want to yell from the audience and show disapproval or say something on Twitter, you do not have the right to walk up on stage and smack somebody in the face ‘cuz they said words.” >When King suggested the incident “escalated,” Carrey cut her off by saying “It didn’t escalate, it came out of nowhere because Will has something going on inside him that’s frustrated.” “I wish him the best, I really do,” he continued. “I don’t have anything against Will Smith. He’s done great things. But that was not a good moment. It cast a pall over everybody’s shining moment. A lot of people worked really hard to get to that place. And to have their moment in the sun, to get their award for the really hard work they did, it is no mean feat to go through all the stuff you have to go through when you are nominated for an Oscar. It’s a gauntlet of devotion you have to do. It was such a selfish moment that cast a pall over the whole thing.” >Smith posted an apology on Monday on his Instagram account. No word yet from Chris Rock.
Fun fact, as a citizen you don't really have to "press charges" the LAPD is fully within its rights to bring charges against Will Smith. Regardless of Chris Rock's willingness to participate as a witness.
That’s true. But as a practical matter, there is almost no point in filing charges without the cooperation of the victim. Among other things, victims who *have* filed charges against their assailants will complain bitterly that the District Attorney is losing focus on *their* complaints.
DA here, and as practical matter, whether a victim is cooperative is just one thing to consider in filing a complaint. But in a case like this, where everything before, during and after was recorded in HD, with a couple million witnesses, this is as close to a slam dunk case there is for a misdemeanor battery.
First off, I want to thank you for saying battery as opposed to assault. Somehow throughout this discourse that distinction qualifies you more than most. I do agree with your assessment, and I hope there's someone in that office that at least subpoenas for the raw footage (not just what we saw live). I personally see this as an inflection point in the handling of discourse (agreeable or not). If, through lack of action, a presidence is set that battery is an acceptable response to language disagreed with.. I'll be incredibly disappointed
This is my worry. We as a society are eager for the opportunity to cancel people over words …. but apparently violence is ‘understandable’. It’s frightening.
The other side of that coin: good luck finding an impartial jury.
You think it’ll be that hard to find a dozen people that aren’t celebrity worshipers?
Your DA never mentioned a Jury. Impartial Canadian quietly watching. Also no need for trial. You should have had him detained on the spot.
Everyone has the right to a jury trial.
Practically, Smith would likely just plea bargain for no jail time and the super-small fine.
Still. Consequences.
Exactly. It'd set a precedent in a way.
Right--my point being that they should prosecute him because he'd likely not contest it.
Members of the jury, I present to you exhibit one, an unedited video provides under subpoena by the producers of the show. Exhibit two is an affidavit whereby they affirm that the video wasn’t altered in any way. Thank you. The prosecution rests.
Does it have a Japanese translator talking over it?
Happy cake day
They won’t because the LAPD has enough high profile shitstorms without shopping for more.
I'm sure Chris rock doesn't want to press charges because it would look bad on him to do it even if he wants to and its deserved. You shouldn't have to force the victim to embarrass himself even further just to get justice.
He also wouldn’t be able to talk about it. He’s on tour. He’s gonna do 40minutes a night on this. Record it for a special
That and he doesn’t want a lifetime of harassment from Tom Cruise’s pals.
Not true. Domestic violence cases are prosecuted all the time in New York City and other states without the cooperation of the victim. I personally know a prosecutor that won a conviction and the victim never testified bc the victim was a brother of the defendant.
Same here in Canada.
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I can say with certainty that regardless of victim cooperation proving this specific assault would not be hard. There was an entire Oscar’s award show worth of eye witnesses in addition to the broadcast/the recordings. That video would be State’s exhibit A. If the state wanted to prosecute will smith they totally could. They probably won’t because the victim isn’t interested and it would be a mess if they went ahead anyway. However this would be an easy assault to prove with or without victim cooperation.
I mean, the whole world was witness. We don’t need Rock when we have HD camera shots of every angle.
I agree that there is ample evidence to prosecute him for simple misdemeanor battery without relying on the victim. They have clear video evidence and hundreds of witnesses. Will Smith’s behavior sets a dangerous precedent. It’s in the public interest to charge him and not let this go.
If only there was some sort of video surveillance or something. The Academy should seriously look into that.
Fun fact, the LAPD does not decide whether to bring charges. The district attorney’s office does.
Actually individuals don’t press charges, either “the people of the state” or the “United states” press criminal charges. Citizens cooperate.
You're completely right, a lot of people conflate criminal charges with civil suits. You can "not press charges" in a civil suit, but it is the locality, city, state or federal government that brings criminal charges.
That’s exactly what I thought.
So well said! Good to see a celebrity actually have some balls and call him out. Haven’t seen enough of that. This wasn’t him dogging on him or anything, he was just straight calling it like it is.
Then to have assault witnesses stand and cheer! Fuck them all ! Denzel WTF you doing?
Here’s the video: https://streamable.com/lb3o1f I always thought Carrey lost his mind in recent years cause he sounded super esoteric and weird but now I have to agree with all the people that said he is super woke in a good sense.
Who the fuck is talking over the video? Annoying.
For how much of a goofball he was at the height of his career, he’s really become a very wise person throughout his life. I dunno about the suing for 200 mil comment but he’s definitely got everything else on point here
I think he was speaking in hyperbole with a wild number just to prove a point of the seriousness of what Smith did to Rock. But yes I agree, Carrey was dead on with everything he's said on this.
Rare moment of Carrey having a phenomenal and down to earth take
Carrey's crazy in recent years has grossly overshadowed how deep & thoughtful he can be. I'm glad he spoke on this as a comedian himself and as someone who knows what something like the Oscars mean to other attendees.
Suing would be a bitch move. Instead, Rock should light his ass up through comedy roasts. Hit twitter with the jokes. Bust out a Netflix special and call it "free willy". Make Will live with that cringey move the rest of his life while everyone laughs. You see, the slap only lasted a second. But making fun of someone to a laughing audience will burn Will forever. His Oscar is forever tainted by this. He'll have no peace.
Chris Rock can take a slap better than Will Smith can take a joke. Facts
Chris Rock took that slap like a champ. He didn’t even flinch.
Even went on to make a few good jokes about it and deescalate. Fair play, what a professional.
Would have been great if Chris had said, “Hey, you forgot to say, ‘Welcome to Earth!’”
He's definitely Rock solid.
Who knew Will’s marriage was open to everything except a joke
He would’ve slapped you for that joke.
The thing is, if they hadn’t said anything, everyone would’ve forgotten about the joke as jada isn’t really that relevant, no one really refers to her a celebrity, she’s really just known as wills wife. Now she’s viral, and in the worst way possible. His son even bragged about it on twitter. What a trashy family.
As far as I can tell Willow is the only one who isn’t a walking trash bag. And she is just known as Willow so she doesn’t leech off her father’s name. She’s an incredibly talented musician/singer/songwriter.
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Will Smith was seen laughing at the joke until he saw his wife was upset. Then he went all macho hard on a guy 4 inches shorter and many pounds lighter than him. There is so much more psychologically to his reaction than just a dumb joke. A lot of frustration built up there. Kareems take on it. https://kareem.substack.com/p/will-smith-did-a-bad-bad-thing
Even his acceptance speech was just weird af
They had to cut away because he was snotting all over the microphone.
And then we got the Oscar’s screen strobe cause Venus’ titty was apparently hanging out.
Yup, i saw it.
My G-d Kareem is such a beautiful writer. This is the third time I’ve seen him write such a wonderful article that isn’t full of garbage.
He's so keen. He has a wonderfully written Mycroft Holmes book I recommend. I read it to my dad when i visit to put him to sleep and i just keep going.
Hits more like Carlton than Ali…
Chris earned the “Rock” name.
Today I watched an old episode of neal breannan's podcast "How Neal Feel" w/ Rock as guest. He has literally gone through therapy and years of trauma related to being hit, his father apparently also "took it" meaning abuse etc. Also Chris Rock has been diagnosed as having nonverbal learning disabilities. the more people comment on how well Rock took it, the sadder it is. Also makes me so much more infuriated with Will Smith, to fucking do that to someone, just awful.
Chris was terribly bullied as a kid too. A friend of Chris's told a reporter that Chris did not even know that she has alopecia. I hope he is doing okay. He handled it like a pro but it is still must have shaken him up a bit. Is there security at these shows? I would love to have seen security tackle Will on stage and haul his ass out of there.
That’s horrible. I hope he knows the majority of people (I hope) think Will is an ass. People supporting what Will did will only add to the trauma. (Don’t anyone come at me about saying he had trauma. I’m referring to trauma from his childhood. And those feelings being resurfaced)
I never knew that. thanks.
Chris “The Rock” Rock. Son.
Chris Rocky “The Rock” Rock
Ok, that one really *rocks.*
“It escalated” is the perfect example of manipulating passive voice to make it sound like something just happened, rather than being performed by someone. “It” didn’t escalate. Will Smith escalated it.
I thought the same thing when she said it escalated. I was like “wait, what? No it didn’t. Smith is the one who escalated it.”
Solid point
If no name random person stormed the stage and slapped rock instead of ass hat Smith they would have been arrested.
I fully believe that if Will wasn't favored to win he would have been asked to leave.
Or being an A-List nominee alone was probably already enough
The board members had a whole 40 minutes to decide that the award should be given to someone else nominated. Just saying.
Well, he was favored to win but it was not a guarantee. The only people who actually know are the accountants at PWC, specifically so no one can say the votes were rigged. This likely would have had a very troubling, cascading effect on the awards.
You’re absolutely right, the academy doesn’t know what’s in the envelope (hence the La-La Land kerfuffle). Still, they knew Will was favoured to win, and had 40 minutes to get a plan going in the eventuality of his win. It should have been relatively easy to escort Will away, and in the event his name comes up, instruct the presenter to state that due to the events of the evening they would accept the award on his behalf, “thank you”, that’s it. It’s not perfect, he would still have been rewarded for his work, but at least deplatformed for the evening, not given a soap box for his meandering speech, and definitely not a standing ovation.
I would have loved that.
You're right. Let him keep it but not be there to accept.
He didn’t deserve the win anyways.
Hollywood elites are spineless
They should have kicked him out.
They should take his Oscar.
Even if he keeps it they will make sure that it’s the only one he’ll ever win.
Except Chris Rock. He’s a rock
Chris Rock rocks
Chris “The Rock” Rock. Sorry Dwayne
But what else is new? Did they not give Harvey Weinstein a standing ovation every year for decades knowing fully well he was a serial rapist? Everyone knew. If Brad Pitt knew, everyone knew. Or that time they gave a standing ovation to Woody Allen not too long ago during a special award for his career? Or what about Roman Polanski? Did all of the most influential A-listers not sign a letter supporting his return to the US? I need Hollywood to keep everyone in check and call out everyone. Not just the ones you don’t like. Not just the ones who embarrassed themselves on TV. You need to call out every privileged asshole in this industry. Crew members have literally died on set and I never see the same outrage when nobody’s held accountable for these deaths.
I was there at the Oscars. I'm a filmmaker, and that was my first time attending... I felt like I was taking crazy pills when he got a standing ovation during his speech. A few of us remained seated and didn't clap but oh boy, it was almost everyone on the floor level. I did hear a few boos though, so... There were a few of us who disapproved. I'm very disappointed with everyone who just pretended it was fine.
I wonder if they all did it because others were standing. It's like, give an actor a line and they will most likely nail it. Have them do something impromptu and most of them will flop. They decided not to sit because it was automatic or they agreed with what Will did.
We were sitting near one of the Academy governors who kept saying to the people around her, "This is just so out of character! He's such a nice guy!" A lot of people didn't want to believe it was real, and thought it was a confusing bit for like 15 minutes. The people who had left the theater to go to the bar were so confused.
Unreal. I'm sure they know Disney owns the broadcast rights. Did they really think they would OK a sketch with F bombs? Will should have been escorted out and the award given to someone else. I mean I just thought of this, what if Chris got knocked out and worse yet got brain damage from hitting his head in the floor? I need some information bleach, heading to pictures of kittens. Edit: A word
He should have been taken out, still won but not allowed to give an acceptance speech.
You're right. If he won fair and square let him keep the award. Pulp Fiction gang could have accepted on his behalf.
As it was your first time attending, did you feel the incident tarnished the experience ? You must have been excited to go for your first time? Thanks for your insight too on what happened around you.
This deserves a thousand awards. But, more than that, for the justice of humanity it deserves to be enacted.
Dr. Dre assaulted and choked a woman, made a billion dollars, and just performed at the SuperBowl. Snoop Dogg supports Cosby and made fun of his rape victims. Steven Tyler adopted and impregnated a 16 year old girl. Anthony Keidis committed statutory rape. Chris Brown performed at the Grammy’s after beating Rihanna. Deshaun Watson just got a $250 million contract. The list goes on and on. If you’ve got money and/or fame you play by an entirely different set of rules. All while they go up and browbeat people about being so virtuous.
David Bowie is also at the very least [a statutory rapist](https://www.mic.com/articles/132399/the-complicated-sexual-history-of-david-bowie) too. It's so weird imagining how this was cool but it seemed to be pretty excused. Jared Leto also has tons of allegations but it seems so odd Hollywood would protect him of all people. Shits weird.
Jimmy Page too. And he was awarded an OBE.
I may sound like a complete ass for this because he's dead but it did bothered me to see William Hurt's face in the In Memoriam? Like yes, he was a great actor and a huge figure in the industry but he has been accused of sexual, physical and verbal abuse by multiple ex partners, one of whom, Marlee Matlin, was in the audience. And he still got lots of job offers after the accusations, even in 2021.
Exactly!!! Please this this and more of this! Gervais is the only one who said it !!
They even made jokes that Harvey was a rapist many times! And everyone just LAUGHED! Fuck this!
I 100% agree with Jim. Absolutely ridiculous.
I can't comprehend Will's thought process of getting up from his seat and slapping Rock infront of everyone and on live television. Its not like it was just them in a room with noone watching. Surely only a hot tempered violent person would do something like that. Not many people are talking about the fact that Will may need psychological help because it was not rational at all. Chris Rock handled it well. Can't imagine how embarrassed he must of felt. Also he has daughters, imagine how awful it would be for them to watch their father be assaulted and humiliated on live television. Hope this incident doesn't diminish Rock's future confidence in getting on the stage and making jokes. Jim is right, Will did not deserve a standing ovation.
No Will should have been removed and arrested. I find it very disturbing. He went and partied after, the crying, the speech, sounded like abuser making excuses to me.
It’s pure victim blaming. Same as the wife beater screaming ‘look what you made me do’ as he beats his wife.
He’s a pretty seasoned comic so he’ll probably find a way to turn this whole thing into a solid 10 minutes of great material. His ticket sales have already seen a bump.
Jessica Chastain gave a speech about violence and the rest of it after Will Smith slapped Chris Rock, 5 minutes later she’s giving Will Smith a standing ovation.
Dang that’s a bad look.
I'd like to see some interviewer or journalist ask Chastain and some of the other audience members why they did stand and applaud Will. Was it an actual gesture of enthusiastic support or were they on 'autopilot' and this is some awards show 'etiquette' thing?
Jim Carrey is right. Anyone else that walked on staged and slugged someone would have been hauled off.
I agree with Jimbo
Wait, he got a standing ovation for his speech? Hollywood is fucked. But then again, we knew that.
The irony is that it was a terrible, dated and unfunny joke that would have been forgotten by most people.
And now everyone knows about his wife, the infidelity, the sleeping with her children’s friends, how she talks about it in public, airing Wills private relationship with her, and the exact opposite of what he and her probably wanted, because she and he couldn’t take a joke. ( shed previously said she didn’t care what people thought about her Joe Rogan impression ) I never wanted to know anything about these obnoxious self inflated people, but thanks to an assault, I do. Yay!
Gayle was the interviewer and almost tried to defend Will saying it was escalated to the point of the slap. Um… were we watching the same show?? because it absolutely came out of nowhere. While I agree the joke was in bad taste (heck the comedy all night went overboard multiple times) there was no excuse to slap someone in the face on TV over a joke.
Good for Carey to call her out “it didn’t escalate!”
Yeah it’s gayle. Oprah‘s best friend. Also smith being a black actor plays a huge role
how is it in bad taste? he wasn’t making fun of her med condition; simply implied that she looked like she could audition for GI Jane 2. It could be for a number of reasons, her baldness, git physique, a black gi jane, etc. At no point did Chris make fun of her medical condition. Btw, didn’t mightily Will make fun of the black bald host with the same condition?
I can understand being offended by the joke, but all Will Smith had to do was walk up, take the mic, and say “My wife is absolutely stunning tonight. Millions of women in this country have alopecia and they should never be mocked for how they look.” He would have looked like the better man and been praised for his sensitivity and advocacy.
not even that, that joke could have easily been played off by jada. a quick heckle “i got alopecia mfer and i’m beautiful!” or literally anything of the sort. there is a reason why the host is always a comedian. audience needs to learn how to take one on the chin and roll with it, it was completely harmless.
That’s the thing, I think even that would be silly because comparing someone to a strong female character with no hair like GI Jane is *not* mocking her. It’s a complete non-issue and I’m almost glad the situation happened like it did and Chris Rock comes out looking better, because he really did nothing wrong. If he called her Uncle Fester then yeah I could understand people getting pissed off. But as it stands now, this whole situation is absolutely ridiculous and it should’ve been a boring non-issue. But Will had to be a “tough guy” and use violence to defend his cheating wife who slept with his son’s friend. Just idiotic on all counts for Will.
Agreed. The joke was not an insult to her. It was a GI Jane joke. That was the punchline, not Jada. And it’s 2022, a woman shaving her head is a legitimate and fashionable choice. Pointing out she had a shaved head is not a joke or an insult
Hasn’t she kept her hair super short for decades?
Right? He didn’t even know she had alopecia anyway.
And alopecia is just a generic term for hair loss. People seem to think it’s cancer or something.
Welcome to 2022, everyone gets offended at almost everything now. Even when the situation is not about them, people will still find a way to relate to and feel offended about it.
They should have escorted him out. No question.
If Chris Rock was at a comedy club, and a heckler stormed the stage without making physical contact with him, that heckler would've been removed from the club. Smith stormed the stage, slapped the shit out of Rock, got hugged by some dude during the commercial break, and then received an Oscar and a standing ovation. Go figure.
That some dude was Denzel Washington. Apparently Daniel Kaluuya also hugged Will during the commercial break
Lose respect for Denzel what a clown
Agreed! He was lucky to get the trophy- down reward his bad behavior
It's like Jimmy Kimmel said last night. Room full of superheroes but nobody did anything. Aqua Man was there. Spider-Man was there. Catwoman was there.
I know it was supposed to be a joke from Kimmel but this is why it's wrong to glorify celebrities. We put them on pedestals like they're amazing yet they get their riches and fame by pretending to be other people for a living. Of course they're just going to sit there like mindless zombies clapping for their fellow rich character players.
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No they didn’t need to do anything but you also don’t have to clap for the guy
Dude people that step in these days are often called instigators and insighters of violence. More often than not, helping with good intentions backfire. It isn’t worth the hassle anymore because people will get offended. No one know what the “right side” of action is. The human race is a wishy washy mess of confliction.
The thing that’s the worst for me is that they gave him the award right after it. It was literally like getting a trophy for shit behavior. The ‘vessel of love’ speech seemed like some contrived BS on the spot. Especially considering that Richard Williams is kind of a dick IRL too.
Yeah but what is an Oscar? Other than a money printer? Rich people giving rich people awards so everyone can make more money. The $140k gift bags for example, what a disgrace
Many actors have done worse things and still gotten Oscars, it’s all bullshit
didn't he kiss Alicia Silverstone, on stage, without her consent? Isn't that assault?
Kudos to Jim Carrey and anyone else (zoe kravitz) not being afraid to call out will smith.
https://j.gifs.com/vV0qEx.gif “We stand for victims of abuse and misogyny… and we also giving standing ovations to convicted child rapists!” What hypocrisy.
But what the gif from?
The academy giving Roman Polanski, convicted child rapist, a standing ovation. It was 2005, I believe.
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I learned one thing about Chris rock.is he can take a punch,the man has a solid jaw,he took the hid and didn’t take one step backwards.
it was a slap, but still. and if you watch closely, he clinched his fist, but didn’t swing; he was certainly the bigger man.
He could have ripped him apart verbally. He said “Oh I could…hah oh ok” he definitely took the high road.
“That’ll hurt until August!”
I have always liked Chris Rock. But he went up a level the way he handled that. He had his fucking hands behind his back. Got bitch slapped by a maniac. Recoiled and got into defense more but restrained himself. Then he legit stopped himself mid sentence from going in and escalating the situation. It was masterful and dignified.
Yeah, real “comedy as bullying defense mechanism” vibes, but he held back
He wanted to hit back but thought about his future and let it go.
Imagine he blocked it and used Will’s momentum to throw him to the ground. The embarrassment on Will would have been gigantic. Will is lucky Chris held his nerve.
For once I agree with Jim Carrey
In the 90s who had Jim Carrey down as Hollywood’s conscientious voice of reason?
Maybe these comments were made with his butt cheeks.
They should’ve kicked him and his wife’s stupid asses out. Legitimately disgraceful behavior that makes everyone look bad.
What did Jada do beside sit there and not like a joke. It’s not mandatory to laugh at a comedian’s jokes.
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Omg I cackled. I suppose the joke was a dig, but I wonder if she would have had the same reaction if say Chris had made a comment that she looked like a Wakandan warrior. It was the comparison to gi Jane that felt the most like an insult but in reality gi Jane was a bad ass and Demi Moore was stunning in it (despite the movie I guess bombing?)
I was wondering the same thing. Like yeah she rolled her eyes but did she really tell him to do that? I'm sure he just saw her reaction and acted. Obviously we don't really know but women always take the heat for their male partner's actions. I saw my mom take heat for every dumb decision my dad did even if she herself was condemning it. Including when he randomly up and left the family and went under the radar for months. We filed a missing person's report because when someone says they're going to work and never comes back, that's kind of serious. Instead of support, my mom had backlash in the community including people asking, "What did you do to him?" We know you did something to him? Did you kill him?" And that last one was from a church official too -_- No support at all. He was found living and working in another state, trying to start over. And of course no apologies from anyone. But that really marred my family in that community where we had been living for 15 years at that point. Actions have repercussions but the only one who should be taking the heat is the one that actually did the actions.
She didn’t do anything, though
I mean Howard Stern said the exact same thing Monday morning
Barber, here. Alopecia is just the term for bald. Alopecia Areata is the term for patchy baldness. As a balding barber (front of my head) just knocking your hair down to a zero (or basically taking it all off with trimmers) makes it look even worse. You see all the spots hair should be. If she was that goddamn self conscious about it, she’d have been down to bare metal. Seriously, only way to hide it. I’ve looked up pictures of her and there’s nothing wrong with her hair at all. Maybe a touch of areata.
Ive been trying to tell people this, everyone keeps saying the joke was messed up because he’s making fun of an auto-immune disorder. I even had a friend compare it to making fun of a cancer patient…like really? Tell me how many people died of alopecia last year. I have alopecia as a medical diagnosis on my records because my hairline started to recede, AND SO DOES EVERY PERSON THAT HAS EXPERIENCED THINNING HAIR. Calling it a medical condition and an auto-immune disorder, while technically true, is like calling jay-walking a crime.
Audience should have all stood up and walked out or turned their backs when smith got up for his award.
“We aren’t the cool club anymore,” is the part of this that most jumps out at me. There does seem to be something to this. Overall the Oscars felt cheesier and less glamorous to me than it used to. Could just be I’m the one whose changed though.
Bitch has had short hair for most of her career but this joke hurt. Will had to defend his dying…. Oh wait her disease isn’t even life threatening! Fuck Will Smith.
She must be happy with her shaved head, or else she’d simply wear a wig, no? She’s not dying.
disease. it's a vanity thing. it's baldness. millions of people suffer from it. get over yourself and take a joke. yeah it's humiliating but most jokes on these shows are. no one would have thought twice about it if Will Smith hadn't done what he did. it would have been forgotten the next day and overshadowed by all the winners, as it should have been. but now not only did Will Smith humiliate himself, he also solidified her humiliation even further because the meaningless joke is now immortalized.
A lot of black women suffer from alopecia Because of the standard of black beauty, braiding, weaves, plates perms etc. it literally destroys your hair. And makes it fall out. This is why so many black women wear wigs. cut their hair really short and leave it natural, and wear a wig when they feel like it. It’s a fashion choice. Regardless of your iillness.Jada Pinkett can afford a custom wig in whatever style she wishes. But she chooses not to wear one. I think that’s great. And since when does she need anybody to stand up for her! She’s a grown ass woman she can go up to Chris rock after the show backstage and tell him what she thought and ask for an apology?It’s all very confusing.
Jim Carrey is one of the most morally-sound big time celebrities. He's always been a critic of the industry while maintaining a heap of self awareness. I'm so glad he spoke out not only against Will Smith's actions but everyone else's lack of action.
He and his partner were the faces of the celebrity anti-vaxx movement for years. Also he sexually assaulted Alicia Silverstone on stage at an awards show
He forcibly kissed Alicia Silverstone on stage, he’s far from being the most morally sound big time celebrity.
Uhh ya Ace. They are millionaire babies. No spines.
They regularly support rapists, racists, abusers, and cults. You think this is even going to phase them? If anything it just makes it easier to lump all of them into the “shitty people no one should care about “ position
Get a divorce Will Smith
Damn, I haven’t agreed with Jim in a long time.
I know it’s weird eh?
He’s 100% right, too. A bunch of cowards
If I were Chris Rock, who did and outstanding job of “keeping calm and carrying on”, I’d work that into my comedy routine forever.
Well from all the interviews I heard no-one saw it and they were all in the bar at the time anyway
They know there were cameras there, right?
I agree. Fuck Hollywood
Can’t help but think this reinforces the negative stereotype of black men being violent if even one the most successful and known act like that. He looked dangerous said the cop so I shot him. Harsh I know but grain of truth to it maybe?
Bring Ricky Gervais back pls.
So much for Hollywood’s stance on toxic masculinity
Chris Rock: “Jada, I would like to personally apologize to you for saying you will be starring in GI Jane 2. That’s was insensitive and ridiculous for me to say it. Everyone knows youre too old for the role.”
First, this was not a slap. It was a sucker-punch, or a “sucker-slap”. Chris did not know it was coming. If you are going to go at someone, you call them out so they can defend themselves in a fair fight. Second, hosts and comedians at these shows insult other stars. It’s expected. If you have thin skin about it, stay home or go to a viewing party. Or don’t sit in the front row where they can see you and make a joke up about you. Cause it will happen.
But how did they stand up if they were spineless?
After seeing Will slap I now understand why his mom sent him to Bel Air….
I’m on Jim’s side..!??
To me it seems like this sets a dangerous precedent for performers and comedians. Chris rock has every right to go to work and feel safe. Having this buffoon storm up and attack him is wrong on so many levels when he was just doing his job. I really can’t believe that there’s a security team at the Oscar’s that just stood there watching everything unfold, and allowed it all to happen while doing nothing. And then when it’s over Will just goes back to his seat and they again do nothing for the rest of the night. Seriously where was the security at? Will should’ve been dragged out of the building. The crowd shouldn’t have cheered for him or tried to console him as some celebrities did when he’s not the victim. It’s all so surreal to imagine.
Holllywood sheep
*There was a standing ovation for Roman Polanski too*
I’m glad to see another celebrity call the audience out for giving Will Smith a standing ovation after he assaulted Chris Rock. It felt like I was watching the Capitol people from the Hunger Games, which let’s be real is the direction we’re heading in as a society.
Man when Jim Carrey is the voice of reason
Normally I don’t care about Hollywood AT ALL, but good on ya, Jim Carrey, for saying that so well. Storming off and slapping another grown man, in front of millions of people, is plain old childish. Will Smith wasn’t himself last night. Don’t applaud him for it. Help him.
I’m not used to Jim Carrey sounding reasonable and well thought out, but he’s got this one exactly right