The slap was fake, according to some US media: but between Will Smith and Chris Rock there were old rusts on Smith’s wife and on the fact that they are an open couple
The scene of the slap of Rocky-Smith contro Rock, in front of the cameras, he transformed the “show” into the “film” For a fistful of Oscars. It wasn’t the soldier’s slap. Will Smith, good actor but despicable in his instincts, in an embarrassing unscheduled program got up from his chair and hit the presenter Chris Rock hard in the face. He did his job as a comedian, but got off track with a bad joke about the shaved head of the actor’s wife, Jada Pinkett: “Are you getting ready for Private Jane 2?” In reality the actress, as she revealed herself in 2018, suffers from alopecia. On Instagram, she talked about the challenge of losing her hair, opting for a radical cut rather than resorting to a hat.
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They ran after two mischief: at first the actor laughed, and only when he met his wife’s tense gaze did he put on boxing gloves. The second malice is of the American media who have hypothesized a studied script, a staging. Once back in his seat Smith yelled, “Keep my wife’s name out of your ca …” “Wow. Okay, I’ll do it, ”the presenter said. And he added, his hands set behind his back: “It’s a great evening in the history of TV.” There is a third malice: Mr and Mrs Smith have declared to be an open couple (and also a long-lived couple, married since ’97), and the comedian had already targeted the actor at the Bafta awards: “His best interpretation of these last few years is to have put a good face on his wife’s boyfriends. ” By disrupting the party atmosphere, Smith turned the Dolby Theater into a ring. He hit the “opponent”, but he was the one who hit the mat. After half an hour, Will Smith took the stage to receive his first Best Actor statuette for King Richard, the protective and ubiquitous father of tennis players Venus and Serena Williams. He apologized through tears, but did not apologize to his victim: “I know that to do what we do, we must be able to endure abuse, we must be able to deal with people who speak ill of we. In this job, you have to deal with people who don’t respect you. And even smile on it, and pretend it’s okay like that. ”
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He compared himself to Richard Williams, «Proud defender of the family» and of the sisters’ talent with the racket, «life imitates art, love drives you crazy; in this moment of my life I am overwhelmed by what God asks me to do ». And then: «I want to apologize to the Academy and to my fellow candidates. This is a beautiful time and I’m not crying for winning an award. It is about being able to offer a light to all people ». During a live TV commercial break, Denzel Washington, with Bradley Cooper, accompanied Smith to the sides of the stage, whispering in his ear: “In your highest moments, be careful because that’s when the devil comes looking for you.” Spouses Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban, the singer-songwriter husband, approached for a few words of comfort, while rapper Sean Combs, on stage to introduce a tribute to Coppola’s Godfather, tried to be a peacemaker by suggesting to Smith and Rock to resolve the affair at the post-Oscar party. LAPD has been made aware of the incident, and said Chris Rock does not intend to file a complaint.
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Will Smith expressed hope that “the Academy invites me again.” Later, he didn’t show up at the winners’ press conference. And it went on with the help of the web. “We do not tolerate violence in any form,” reads the Academy Awards Twitter profile. The reference for the presenter’s clumsy joke was a Soldier Jane, the Ridley Scott movie in which Demi Moore has her hair cut to zero as a lieutenant in the US Navy. Smith had already been nominated twice in the past, for Ali, on the boxer Cassius Clay; and for the second for The pursuit of happiness dthe Gabriele Muccino. Who tweeted: “I’m so sorry about how Will managed to ruin the most important night of his life. Nobody knows the background of that nerve so exposed that it makes him lose control. He always knows how to get out of any situation. The fact that he tripped yesterday pains me. ‘
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Then finally, a long reflection and a public apology also arrived «I would like to apologize publicly to you, Chris – wrote Smith on Instagram -. I was out of sorts and I was wrong. I am embarrassed and my actions were not representative of the man I want to be. There is no place for violence in a world of love and kindness. Violence in all its forms is poisonous and destructive. My behavior at the Academy Awards was unacceptable and unforgivable. Jokes at my expense are part of my job, but a joke about Jada’s medical condition was too much for me to bear and I reacted emotionally. ‘
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March 29, 2022 (change March 29, 2022 | 07:31)
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