Will Smith defends his Wife with a Wallop! ?

If Will Smith didn't find the joke funny (which it wasn't) why did he laugh? Jada certainly didn't laugh but Will did. Somethings not right here.

Kate thank you telling us about your personal experience which go a long way to explaining why WS responded in the way he did.

Thank you Sparkle. I would probably feel differently if it had t happened to me I suppose.

A great deal of bullying is dressed up as joking or banter when it's anything but for the person on the receiving end.

Men don't always understand the trauma a woman feels at hair loss.

I'm totally with you Kate 1949.

Without wishing to bore, having alopecia and living with someone with it is extremely difficult. Who knows what they've been through. Walk a mile in someone else's shoes before you open your mouth.

Chris Rock looked very, very shocked.
There was a lot of silence.
When Smith shouted at Rock from his seat, Smith had tears in his eyes.
He looked shocked himself at his own actions.
Having watched it a couple of times, I don’t think that it was planned.
And if it was, it didn’t go quite as they’d planned.

BlueBelle

Dickens watch him laugh at the joke before he reacts
It was definitely staged
Will smith gets kudos for ‘defending’ his wife Chris rock gets kudos for carrying on win/win
Remember we are dealing with fine actors ….tears and anger and staged slaps happen every day in their lives

I didn't see the event, and have no real interest in watching these self-absorbed, over-emotional individuals chuntering on - so I'll bow to your insight on the matter. You saw it, I didn't!

It wouldn't surprise me.

... bit of a bad performance though - they should've had a Director to inform Smith that if you're going to wallop someone, you don't normally indulge them first .

Kate1949

It is unacceptable. However, as others have said, sometimes one thing can push us over the edge.

Yes, it's probably the final straw breaking the camel's back.

What an example to set to not only to the young people watching

Violence is not acceptable.

I agree that the presenter Chris Rock was setting an appalling example to everyone - verbal abuse and bullying is never acceptable even when it is supposedly a joke.

It's on a par with that revolting Frankie Boyle making jokes about a disabled child.

Totally unacceptable, it has become worse and worse despite disapproval as the so-called comedians then appear on prime time tv again as if their disgusting comments are acceptable.
The distress they can cause is immeasurable to people who may feel vulnerable; strong words and pleading does not stop them but perhaps this might just make Chris Rock think again.

It is unacceptable. However, as others have said, sometimes one thing can push us over the edge.

What an example to set to not only to the young people watching but to his adult children. Is this how you deal with a grievance? How you deal with hurt feelings? No, it's unacceptable and it's a slippery slope.

I'm not sure Will, or most men, would agree to a joke being made about his wife for the world to hear as a stunt.
Jada has described her hair loss as 'terrifying'. I'm not sure her husband would take part in her further distress.

Time to call a halt to this pathetic luvvie fest. To digress slightly I was appalled at the cost of the goody bags given to 'stars' that money could have been better used.

Turn the other cheek......What a cheek Chris Rock had using the ladys hair loss, bet peeps would not be so quick to defend Chris Rock and have a go at Will Smith if they were talking about cancer. I have had cancer many years ago so don't call me, I worked with a lady whose young granddaughter had alopecia, they were both suffering from anxiety, it was not very nice to watch the grandma every day so I say good on you Will, some people need it punched home.

Didn’t see it, wasn’t there. Will shouldn’t have slapped Rock, but jokes about people’s misfortunes is bullying ergo mental harm. Strange how most attention is on the physical harm.

What a wonderful example to all the people watching who are also unable to control their feelings.

It wasn't his feelings that Rock couldn't control; it was his mouth. And as we're constantly reminded, words matter, especially if you're on the receiving end of continual personal remarks about you or your loved ones made in public. Bullies rarely like the consequences of their actions and they make all manner of excuses for their behaviour, but sometimes, their victim has just had enough.

I'm not sure why they would have staged it. Neither of them came out of it well.

He could have expressed his anger in words, he too is a bully

If you "can't help" being a bully, you'll get a smack sometimes to remind you. Seems fair.

What a wonderful example to all the people watching who are also unable to control their feelings.

Well having watched the slap I'm a bit dubious about what really went on. The slap was the classic movie slap, designed to look really agressive but actualy quite harmless. In spite of WS apparently swinging his arm and putting his entire body behind the blow CR doesn't move at all and shows no sign of any facial injury. I think we need to remember that this is an action movie star trained to make fights look real.

Some comedians think that anyone watching or in the audience is fair game.
Chris Rock was possibly unaware of why Jada's head was shaven, but really should have kept his mouth shut! How would he feel if a close relative was in the same situation and someone made a joke out of it?
I can't condone that Will Smith slapped him, but can understand why he did it.
Not 100% sure that it wasn't a set up though !

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volver show business and events such as these are awash with Cocaine, always have been.

Smith wasn’t exactly cool, calm and collected was he?

Storming about, hitting the presenter on live TV, and then bursting into tears

Yes it was a terrible "joke" but violence wasn't the way to deal with it. Will Smith is a clever man and I am sure he could have made a cutting remark during his acceptance speech - and if he hadn't won he would have had ample opportunity later to say something.

Of course, it could be following the previous comments Rock had made added to being anxious as to whether he had won or not the "joke" was the final straw and he just lost it - although I think in that case he would have punched Rock rather than slap him.

Oh FGS Fanny.

Illicit substances? Someone else says he's probably inarticulate?

Maybe he just got the idea from one of the films he's been in.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfPWpEKhgfk