Will Smith defends his Wife with a Wallop! ?

grannie7

Missiseff
I completely agree with you.
Yes violence is wrong, but W S looked at the end of his patience
with that horrible Rock, who imo should have been on his knees apologising to Jade,
I can’t believe WS would have slapped Rock as a stunt,when he sat down and was shouting at Rock he was furious I know he’s an actor but nevertheless he was livid that this person was constantly making fun of his wife, Rock has gone too far this time.It’s time these supposed funny men/women were stopped
It’s a sign of lack of intelligence by these people that they can only make fun of people.
I am nearly 80 and long for the old days when comic’s were really funny without smut or insults and films were enjoyable not violent. Sorry rant over ?

I like Michael Mcintyre. He's very funny but not smutty etc.

Well done Will Smith, if it had been a joke about another disability or colour then it would be a whole different case in the press and I doubt Chris Rock would have done it anyway. A short, sharp shock had the intended impact and I expect he'll think twice next time. It isn't correct to make jokes of people's conditions, Jada was clearly upset at that moment.

Ali08
Yes agree I like him too really funny in the Wheel game thing he does ‘sorry can’t remember the name’ but we do watch it.

I think they were both in the wrong, CR should not have made such an unpleasant and insulting remark and WS should not have hit CR. The Smith family should just have walked out.

Great publicity for these too - all at the expense of a woman - what an absolute shambles these ceremonies are, and the same to be said for the two individuals concerned.

I agree. Walking out would have been dignified and effective and won the family a lot more respect than hitting out physically and shouting insults.

Well done Will Smith!! Good on you for sticking up for your wife who i think was sat in the audience with him. For a woman to lose her hair is undescribable but for someone to make a joke out of it is horrific, shame on you Chris Rock !!

What excellent publicity for them all - 'hard to believe it made the front page, given the world right now.

I'm with those in the "they should have walked out" camp.

I've never heard of Chris Rock though the general consensus seems to be "tool" but how anyone can think physically assaulting someone is the sign of a real man standing up for his family is completely beyond me.

Violence is never the answer to anything.

Both were in the wrong. The ‘joke’ should not have been made and the slap should not have been delivered. Not their finest moments but violence is not the answer unless it’s in self defence.

The actors concerned have certainly achieved maximum publicity over this.
no irony intended

There appears a culture of comedians given the green light to make personal comments in the name of entertainment. There is no right of reply. Well Will Smith made his reply.

I've suffered from dramatic hair loss when I had psoriasis on my scalp. It's a horrible thing to go through, and I wasn't in the public eye. So I imagine Jada Pinkett-Smith's family know how she feels about it.

Will Smith shouldn't have been allowed to get anywhere near enough to hit Chris Rock. Where were security?

No such thing as BAD publicity. Oscars are a waste of time, it’s just all the “lovies” loving themselves just a bit more.

No was wrong no one has the right to hit anybody.
Apparently that bit wasn’t seen on the American Oscars it was shut off.

Who is Will Smith? never heard of him.

You’re kidding!!

No. There’s never an excuse for violence.

Will Smith defended himself, not his wife. He was smiling at the jibe, and then caught sight nof hnis wife, who was doing an eye-roll... at his reaction. So he lept up to show he was "a man", as if violence ever cured anything. Also, he apologised to the audience and the Academy in public, but to Chris Rock in private, which is not cricket if you do something nasty in public, you apologise in public. Had he b een a white man without Hollywood clout, a member of the public, he would have been dragged off the stage by Security, in handcuffs, probably. and yet this person was even allowed to give a speech, with tears on cue. The wife spoke in public about her alopaecia, and has chosen not to wear a wig. So she is not a Little Woman who needs protection. Will Smith is now doing damage control by reminding us of his DV victim background. He could have stood up and sworn at the so-called comedian, but he chose to make a spectacle to gain Brownie Points. He did not impress me one iota.

Had he been a white man without Hollywood clout, a member of the public

And had he been a black man outside the theatre, they would have shot him. So that knocks the racism on the head, doesn't it Tanjamaltija?

And here's his public apology to Rock. You must have missed it.

www.scotsman.com/arts-and-culture/film-and-tv/will-smith-apology-actor-issues-public-apology-to-chris-rock-over-oscars-slap-3630765

Yes, he was right to do so. I suffered the indignity of alopecia in my early 20s . My Dad would have slapped Chris Rock for the ‘joke ‘ he made . Chris Rock showed himself to be a sniggering BULLY . I was a fan but not now.

I suffer from hair loss. I think Chris Rock was beyond insensitive. I also would have preferred a dignified and contemptuous walk out to a big dramatic 'look at me,' on stage assault. That does no one any favours.

What puzzles me is that he seemed to laugh at the joke, then went and 'slapped' him and went off stage smirking.
I can't help but feel this was some kind of publicity stunt.

Someone has dug up a video from 1991 of Will Smith making fun of a bald man. Sorry I’m not good with links but it’s in the Daily Mail. Pot and Kettle springs to mind! Seems that WS is just another nasty thug.