The Slap Heard Around the World

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 Anyone with any type of social media saw it explode Sunday night as actor Will Smith slapped actor and comedian Chris Rock at the Oscars. 

Rock said a joke about Smith's wife Jada Smith being the next GI-Jane because she is bald. What Rock confesses to not knowing is that Jada actually has a medical condition alopecia which can cause baldness. 

"Jada, I love you, G.I. Jane 2, can't wait to see it." Rock said.

In the broadcast, you see the camera cut straight to Will and Jada Smith immediately after Rock said the joke. You clearly see two different reactions from the couple. Will is laughing will Jada rolls her eyes and looks annoyed. 

The camera then cuts back to Rock on stage. It was not less than ten seconds later Will was marching up to confront him, and then he slaps him.

Social media fell off the rails Sunday night and continues to three days later.

Rock has seen then apologized for the joke and Smith for slapping him, but people want to know more.

Was it staged? Did Smith think it was funny until he saw his wife's face? Even the Smith's marriage is being brought into the mix, because we have seen in the past that they do in fact have an open marriage.

Over the past few years, the Oscars ratings have dwindled down. After the altercation occurred, and social media ran wild, the program's viewers skyrocketed to nearly a million more.

So that could convince some that it was staged, but others truly believe that Smith was a defending his wife's honor.

The crazy part is how social media reacted to all of this. Since this past Sunday, multiple memes have scattered the internet of the picture of the slap, articles are being written multiple times a day to update everyone on how each actor is doing, and more.

Did Chris Rock and Will Smith do this to get the Academy Awards back in the spotlight or did Smith react instantly from his own anger?


References:

Hsu, Tiffany. (2022). Oscars audience grew by 555,000 after Will Smith slapped

    Chris Rock. The NY Times.           

    https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/29/business/media/oscars-ratings-will-smith-c    

    Chris-rock.html

Morrison, Aaron. (2022). Chris Rock readies for 1st show since Will 

    Smith slapped him. AP News. https://apnews.com/article/oscars-jada-pinkett-smith-

    chris-rock-entertainment-boston-2a06fab40f48685a8b24e7747c9a38be


FILE - Will Smith, right, hits presenter Chris Rock on stage while presenting the award for best documentary feature at the Oscars on Sunday, March 27, 2022, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. The incident on Sunday has sparked debate about the appropriate ways for Black men to publicly defend Black women against humiliation and abuse. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)

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