A gesture so striking as to seem fiction. On the other hand, you can expect from an actor a staginga play, especially on the most important stage for the universe of cinema. And instead Will Smith really gave a slap to Chris Rock live worldwide during the evening of Oscar: the actor got up from the audience, reached the comedian and hit him with a sudden slap full face.
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The reason? An unfortunate joke from Rock on the shaved head of Smith’s wife, Jada Pinkettwhich for a few years suffer from alopecia. «Don’t mention it anymore», is the cry that resounds within the walls of the Dolby Theater, frozen with embarrassment. Nobody, at first, understands precisely whether it is a joke or a realitybut it only takes a few minutes to breathe the tension and realize that there is little to laugh about.
They arrive Denzel Washington and Bradley Cooper to calm the actor down. Who then takes the stage a collect the first statuette of his career e bursts into tears: “I look like a crazy dad, just like they said I was Richard Williams (the father of tennis players Serena And Venuswhich he plays in the film A winning family). He’s a proud defender of family, love makes you do crazy things. I apologize to the Academy“.
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Following the usual photos with the award, on the red carpet: next to Will is his wife Jadaof course, then the three children, Trey (had from previous marriage with Sheree Fletcher), Willow And Jaden. Just the latter commented on Twitter the gesture of the father, raising a fuss: “That’s how it’s done “we read in the post that in a few hours it has totaled thousands of re-shares and comments.
«We do not accept violence in any form “the organization wrote instead that confers the Oscarsbut without being able to appease the controversy. «I ask the Academy, of which I am a part, to undertake disciplinary action towards Will Smith, ”replied the director Marshall Herskovitz. “Tonight he dishonored our community“. In short, the case is destined for go on and on.
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