“It was too much for me”: Will Smith addresses Chris Rock after his violent slap at the Oscars

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Will Smith addresses Chris Rock

“A joke about Jada’s health issue was too much for me,” Will Smith explained when he publicly apologized to Chris Rock the day after he slapped him after his joke on the stage.

Oscars on March 27, 2022. He split a message on Instagram to apologize to the comedian, which he had not done so far.

Will Smith decided to apologize to Chris Rock on March 28, 2022. The American actor posted a message on his social networks the day after the Oscars during which he hit the comedian . 

This memorable slap came after a joke about the skull of the star’s wife Jada Pinkett-Smith , who suffers from alopecia .

After shouting ” Keep my wife’s name out of your fucking mouth! ” from his chair at the Oscars, Will Smith apologized onstage when he stepped up to accept his Best Actor award for his performance in The Williams Method , with members of the Academy and other appointees. 

However, the 53-year-old actor had not apologized to the comedian, whom he violently slapped moments before, and according to TMZ , the two men did not speak to each other after the evening.

Along with the media whirlwind he caused, Will Smith now split a message to publicly apologize to the American comedian: ” My behavior last night at the Oscars was unacceptable and inexcusable.

The jokes at my expense are part of the job, but a joke about Jada’s health issue was too much for me and I reacted emotionally ,” he explained, explicitly rejecting ” any violence .” The Smith couple already has a history with Chris Rock: The latter had already targeted the star duo in his spades at the Oscars in 2016.

In addition, the comedian and Will Smith’s wife share the starring role in the film animation Madagascar and its sequels, in which they respectively voice the zebra Marty and the hippopotamus Gloria.

“It was too much for me”: Will Smith addresses Chris Rock after his violent slap at the Oscars

Richard Williams, father of tennis champions Serena and Venus Williams , whom Will Smith plays in his film, said through his son’s voice that he ” does not condone any violence against anyone “, according to NBC television. On Instagram, Will Smith also apologized to the “ Williams family ” and the film crew. 

He ended his open letter with words that resonate with everyone reusing the phrase “ work in progress ”: “ I am in the process of improvement. ”

AN ONGOING INVESTIGATION, POSSIBLE SANCTIONS

If the Los Angeles police took note of the incident without taking any further criminal action because Chris Rock did not wish to report, the Academy of Oscars announced the opening of an internal investigation. on this shocking event.

 ” The Academy condemns the actions of Will Smith during last night’s show ,” the organization wrote in a statement sent to AFP. “ We have officially started an investigation ”, specifies the Academy of Arts and Sciences of the cinema, which will examine the follow-up to be given to the case with regard to its “ regulations and Californian law ”.

What is the risk of the actor, crowned for the first time at the Oscars shortly after the incident? Some have called on the Academy of Oscars to withdraw her award , but actress Whoopi Goldberg , one of the Academy’s trustees, said that would not be the case.

 ” There will be consequences, I’m sure, but I don’t think that’s what they’re going to do, especially because Chris Rock said he wouldn’t press charges ,” she said. said on TV.

 Will Smith would therefore only expose himself to disciplinary sanctions , which can range according to the Academy’s code of conduct from a simple reprimand to expulsion.

Voices are already rising on the Internet to compare the fact that the statuette can be removed from Will Smith, while producer Harvey Weinstein , convicted of rape and sexual assault, still has his, just like the controversial director. Roman Polanski , accused of sexual violence .

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