Will Smith Slaps Chris Rock In The Face During The Oscars

Sunday night, Will Smith made a memorial reaction to a joke that Chris Rock made during the 94th Academy Awards on Sunday night. Chris Rock as we all know is a comedian actor, he was the host of the Oscars this year, he made a joke about JADA PINKETT who is Will Smith's wife. The joke was about Jada Pinkett's alopecia, this moment will go down in history as one of the very wildest moments in live television. 

According to the rapper Diddy, the conflict between the Hollywood legend and the veteran comedian was anything but lasting. Diddy reportedly spoke to both of them and he say in an interview: " That is not a problem, that is over, I can confirm that. It's all love. They are brothers. " After the slap, Diddy took to the Oscars stage right after the slap to present a very special tribute to THE GODFATHER for its 50th anniversary, he suggested playing peacemaker during his speech. He said: " I did not know that this year was going to be the most exciting Oscars ever, Okay, Will and Chris, we are going to solve that like family at the Gold Party, but right now, we are moving on with love, everybody makes some noise! ". 

Will Smith apologized for slapping Chris Rock without mentioning his name, he apologise while accepting the award for THE BEST ACTOR for his portrayal of Serena and Venus Williams's father, Richard, in KING RICHARD. He said in front of the audience: " I want to apologize to the Academy. I want to apologize to all my fellow nominees, Art imitates life, I look like the crazy father, just like they said about Richard Williams. But love makes you do crazy things. " 

After that Will slaps Chris, he said: "Wow! Will Smith just smack the shit out of me," Will responded to him while getting back to his seat, " Keep my wife's name out your f***g mouth ". The show would go after this tense moment, later on, Denzel Washington operated as a mediator between the two later, Tyler Perry and Bradly Copper have been seen also consoling Smith as he was emotional. 


Jada Pinkett Smith, Will Smith's wife had previously shared with her fans that she was suffering from "ALOPECIA", she provided an update on her hair loss saying: " Now, at this point, I can not laugh, just all of a sudden one day. You all know that I have been struggling with alopecia, look at this line right here... it just showed up like that. And this is going to be a little bit more difficult for me to hide, so I thought I'd just share it so you all not asking any questions ".

 Will Smith also said more things during accepting his first Oscar Award: " Richard Williams was a fierce defender of his family, in this time of my life, at this moment, I am overwhelmed by what God is calling on me to do and be in this world. Making this film, I got to protect Anuajanue Ellis, who is one of the strongest, most delicate people I've ever met. I got to protect Saniyya and Demi, the two actresses who played Venus and Serena. I m being called on in my life to love people, protect people, and be a river to my people. And I know that to do what we do you gotta be able to take abuse and you gotta be able to have people talk crazy about you in this business. You gotta be able to have people disrespecting you and you gotta smile and act like that's okay. Denzel said to me a few moments ago that's your highest moment, be careful, that is when the Devil comes for you, it is like, I wanna be a vessel for love. I wanna say thank you to Venus and Serena, for entrusting me with your story." He closes his speech by saying that he hopes that he will be invited back to the Oscars in the future: " Thank you for this honor, thank you for this moment. And I hope the Academy invites me back, Thank you. "


Twitter went crazy the day after what happened at the Academy Awards, with a lot of online reactions from fans to famous actors, comedians, rappers, and many more. These are some tweets that they have written about that unforgettable historical moment.

Jaden wrote on their Twitter account: " And that is how we do it ". 50 Cent tweeted also a few minutes after the event on his Twitter account: " B!tch don't you ever play with me ", Conan O'Brien also reacted by saying: " Just saw the Will Smith slap. Anyone has a late-night show I can borrow just for tomorrow?, Sophia Bush wrote also a tweet: " Violence isn't okay. Assault is never the answer. Also? this is the 2nd time that Chris made fun of Jada on the Oscars stage, and tonight he went after her alopecia. Punching down at someone's auto-immune disease is wrong. Doing so on purpose is cruel. They both need a breather."

 Earlier today Will Smith has posted on his Instagram account an apology to Chris Rock for slapping him at the Oscars, He wrote: " Violence in all of its forms is poisonous and destructive. My behavior at last night'sAcademy Awards was unacceptable and inexcusable. Jokes at my expense are a part of the job, but a joke about Jada's medical condition was too much for me to bear, and reacted emotionally. I would like to publicly apologize to you, Chris. I was out of line and I was wrong. I am embarrassed 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. I would also like to apologize to the Academy, the producers of the show, all the attendees, and everyone watching around the world. I would like to apologize to the Williams Family and my King Richard Family. I deeply regret that my behavior has stained what has been an otherwise gorgeous journey for all of us. I am a work in progress." Will did what he had to do and in the opinion of many famous popular artists and singers, what Will did is not wrong, he defended his wife against that joke that can make her feel pain. 

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