UPDATE: Chris Rock will not be pressing charges against Will Smith following their onstage altercation at this year's Oscars, the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) has said.
The LAPD released a statement to media outlets, saying, “LAPD investigative entities are aware of an incident between two individuals during the Academy Awards program. The incident involved one individual slapping another. The individual involved has declined to file a Police report. If the involved party desires a Police report at a later date, LAPD will be available to complete an investigative report.”
Chris Rock was up on stage on Sunday night (27th March 2022) to present the Academy Award for ‘Best Documentary,’ but before he started naming the nominees, he made several jokes to the crowd, and eventually turned to Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith, who were both seated in the audience.
Chris commented on Jada's shaved head, saying, “Jada, I love you: ‘G.I. Jane 2,’ can’t wait to see it” — which led to an immediate eye-roll from Jada and got the attention of Will. The crowd also didn’t sound particularly pleased by the joke. However, Chris shrugged it off and attempted to continue with the show. Jada has been very public with her Alopecia diagnosis in the past, which leads to her struggles with hair loss. Seconds later, Will stormed the stage and landed a solid slap on Chris, who thought the actor was jokingly coming up to confront him. It was, however, no laughing matter for Will. A stunned Chris exclaimed, "Wow. Will Smith just smacked the s*** outta me." The American broadcast on ABC muted, and even froze, but in other countries it continued, with Will shouting to Chris, “Keep my wife's name out your f****** mouth!” after he sat back down. Chris responded, “Wow, dude. It was a ‘G.I. Jane’ joke.” “Keep my wife’s name out your f****** mouth!” Smith shouted louder. “I’m going to. Okay?” Chris said, shaking his head. “Okay.” Chris eventually gained his composure again and carried on with handing out the Oscar, but the room was left tense with a sense of unease. Watch the entire uncensored version of the shocking incident below.
Several moments after the onstage incident, reporters in attendance at the show started tweeting that Denzel Washington, as well as Tyler Perry, were seen talking to the flustered couple.
Will, who played Richard Williams (the father of tennis prodigies Venus and Serena) in the biopic “King Richard,” appeared onstage about forty (40) minutes later to accept his prize for Best Actor.
Crying throughout his acceptance speech, in which he didn’t reference Chris directly, Will apologized to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and his fellow nominees for the disruption. “I look like the crazy father, just like they said about Richard Williams,” Smith said, possibly trying to lighten the mood of the still shocked audience. “But love will make you do crazy things.”
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[Source: TMZ]
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