Will Smith defends his Wife with a Wallop! ?

I think that the 60s and all the talk back then about feminism must have passed some of you by.

That's a fair comment; I'd have been even more impressed if Jada Pinkett Smith had walloped Rock herself.

Well it's opened up the discussion on hair loss which is usually dismissed as not serious. There was a discussion on Good Morning Britain and This Morning.

Such a lack of self control that it beggars belief.

He could have made a reference to it in his acceptance speech which would have been the proper thing to do.

Instead he resorted to violence with the whole world watching.

Disgraceful behaviour.

You can be gallant and jump to your wife's defense, but to resort to hitting someone isn't on.

Did anyone notice Will Smith laughing at the 'joke' himself until he noticed his wife's face....that's when he got up to defend her.

It's all very well saying Jada is beautiful and looks beautiful with or without hair. The distress she will have felt with her hair falling out shouldn't be underestimated.

I'm very proud of Will Smith taking this stand for his wife. I'm hoping that now other comedians will stop humiliating disabled people and those with medical conditions.
He deserved it and now he's saying he didn't know it was alopecia but lots of his 'jokes' have been about Will and Jada so I think he's lying. He's not very funny anyway and I hope he gets cancelled everywhere

From the brief clip I saw, Smith was laughing at the joke, until he saw his wife's face, and she was clearly not happy at being targeted. Only then, did Smith go and execute a "stage slap".

I don't think there's anything to choose between the two men. Each as bad as the other.

It was disgraceful of Will Smith, as was his foul language after the slap.
If he can not resolve an issue without resorting to violence and disgusting language on live TV, he should be banned from all future Oscar's. How anyone is defending him is beyond me.

Re Smith ‘laughing at the joke at first’
As I’ve said upthread, I don’t think that he was completely aware of what was going on for much of the time.
He was acting erratically to say the least

Quite right to defend his wife but his moan about what he has to put up with being famous was just pathetic. He doesn’t HAVE to be in the public eye and earn millions FFS

Henrysnan

It was disgraceful of Will Smith, as was his foul language after the slap.
If he can not resolve an issue without resorting to violence and disgusting language on live TV, he should be banned from all future Oscar's. How anyone is defending him is beyond me.

I agree with this. There were children present in the audience and some watching on TV. Not a good role model is he?
Hard to believe some people are condoning violence and thinking it's a good thing to give someone a slap if they upset you.

Was it all for effect, did Will Smith know ahead of time that the slur would be made and give him an opportunity to take a slight shot at that idiot and make a drama out of an otherwise dreary show and brighten up the Oscars and give them headlines.

Can't condone anyone thumping someone. There are far more powerful ways of letting someone know they have offended,hurt or angered you.

Comedians these days are so different to the ones we loved, genuine funny people joking about fun things, no swearing just funny. On the Will Smith slap, I think the 'comedian' was tacky to rely on laughs at someone else's expense and I felt for the wife, but to hit somebody as a result is inexcusable. I think it's time not to televise these award ceremonies. I get sick of crying celebs and now violent people. They should also withdraw Will Smith's Oscar but maybe his ego is so big he knew they wouldn't do that.

I think that Will Smith was justified in slapping Chris Rock .

He had no right to make cheap jokes about a distressing condition .

Apparently he only apologised to the organisers not to the chap he hit.

Paddyanne54 Good for you, no witnesses is the way to go, bet that calmed your belly and you had a gorgeous glow all day, power to you and all women.

We’ve all been subjected to reporting of this incident for over 24 hours now and personally I’m utterly bored with Will Smith hijacking the Oscars and making it all about him. If you watch the footage he was actually laughing his head off along with everybody else until he spotted the look on his wife’s face and thought he’d better step up.
The comedian was also wrong, and not even funny but it’s all a fuss about nothing IMO.

LullyDully

Such a hurtful, cheap joke which hit a raw nerve. But no need to hit the man, some well worded sarcasm would have been classier.

Don’t think he has the wit for that.

It's time all these award shows ending all they are is a chance for celebrities to pant themselves on the back and make sickening remarks on stage

tickingbird

^shaming a woman for her looks^ !!

He was referencing the shaved head a la Demi Moore when she shaved her head to play GI Jane. She looked beautiful and so does Jada Pinkett Smith, in fact JPS is stunning, shaved head or not.

Does Jada - or any woman - need their beauty or otherwise commented upon? Is she only beautiful because someone says she is? I thought society had moved past judging women on their looks.

Instead of violence, he should have demanded the comedian retract the 'joke' immediately and be escorted off the premises. The whole proceedings should have been drawn to a halt while the thing was sorted. Many comedians believe they should be able to make jokes about ANY subject or person, and if people get offended, that's their problem. I know people who think just like this. I think it's always wrong to get a laugh at the expense of other people. But there's currently no law against it because of freedom of speech issues, unless the intention was to deliberately offend. Some are saying the whole incident was staged, which in itself seems a sick joke.

I have alopecia my husband says he would have more than slapped him in the same circumstances My husband is usually a very gentle quiet man

Honestly I don't care. I never watch the Oscars or anything similar.