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Actor Terry Crews doesn’t think Will Smith’s Oscar punishment “fits the crime.”
Crews weighed in on Smith slapping Chris Rock during a recent interview with The Hollywood Reporter. Smith slapped Rock onstage at the 2022 Academy Awards after the comedian made a joke about Jada Pinkett Smith’s bald spot.
Both Will Smith and Chris Rock are dear friends of mine. I love you both like brothers,” Crews told the outlet.
But there was a time in my life [where] I was Will Smith at the time, and let me tell you, I’ve done worse than Will. Too exaggerated, just… the punishment didn’t fit the crime.
Terry Crews doesn’t think Will Smith’s Oscars punishment “fits the crime.”
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JADA PINKETT SMITH SAYS FAMILY ‘FOCUS ON DEEP HEALING’ AFTER CHRIS ROCK SLAP
“People were like, ‘What the hell are you doing?’ My wife even had to say, ‘You have to promise me you’ll never leave like this. You didn’t need to pick this man up and put him on his head, on the concrete.
Crews was specifically talking about the time he got into a fight with someone asking for his autograph. The “White Chicks” actor had physical contact with the man after he allegedly made a comment about Crews’ pregnant wife.
“I was like, ‘Why did I do this?’ I couldn’t control myself,” Crews recalled.
Crews also recalled a time when he was in Rock’s position. The actor was once allegedly groped by a “senior Hollywood executive” while he was at a party in 2016. Crews said he “chose to be in control.”
“It wasn’t until I was literally Chris Rock in that moment, when I was attacked by Agent Adam Venit, that I chose to be in control. I chose to keep everything together. It could have fallen into chaos,” he said of the 2016 incident. “It would have been the end of me. The time I was Chris was the moment that saved my life.”
Smith punches host Chris Rock onstage as he presents the award for best documentary film at the Oscars on March 27, 2022 at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles.
(AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
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Had Rock reacted to the slap differently, Crews said Hollywood would have lost all “respect.”
“When I look back at what Chris did, just for deciding to keep everything together, that… in many ways saved Hollywood. Because if there had been a fight on that stage, I don’t know if Hollywood would have gotten any respect back, you know? It’s hard to even imagine what would have happened.”
Smith was banned from attending any Academy Awards events for the next ten years. The punishment came after the actor resigned from the academy.
Faced with the resignation and punishment, Smith publicly apologized to Rock via Instagram.
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Smith apologized to Rock on Instagram after the awards show.
(AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
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“Violence in all its forms is poisonous and destructive,” Smith wrote in part about Instagram. “I crossed the line and I was wrong.
“I am ashamed and my actions were not indicative of the man I want to be. There is no place for violence in a world of love and kindness.
“My behavior at the Academy Awards last night was unacceptable and inexcusable. Jokes at my expense are part of the job, but a joke about Jada’s medical condition was too much for me and I reacted emotionally.”
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