Do You Think Will Smith Went Overboard By Slapping Colleague, Chris Rock At The Oscars For Making Joke About His Wife, Jada Pinkett?

Hollywood superstar, Will Smith stormed the Oscars stage to hit popular comedian, Chris Rock after the presenter made a joke about his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith‘s haircut.

The altercation, which played out on live television in front a gobsmacked audience of fellow actors at the 94th Academy Awards on Sunday night, came after Rock joked about Jada’s shaved head, likening her to a movie character, GI Jane, who has a shaved head.

Jada, who has been married to Will Smith 1997, suffers from alopecia, an autoimmune condition that results in hair loss, and her decision to shave her head.

The mother of two has been grappling with hair loss for long revealing her alopecia diagnosis in 2018.

This isn’t also the first time Chris Rock has made fun of Jada. He also did so in 2016.

However, this time, Will Smith stormed the stage and slapped him.

Shocked, Rock who took a moment to collect himself before resuming presenting the nominees for best documentary feature, said: “Wow, Will Smith just smacked the s**t out of me.”

After the attack, Smith, who went on to win the best actor award for his performance in King Richard, in which he played the father of tennis stars Venus and Serena Williams, returned to his seat, yelling at Rock, “Take my wife’s name out of your f****** mouth.”

“That was the greatest night in the history of television,” Rock said.

During his acceptance speech, Smith apologised to the Academy and his ‘fellow nominees’, but did not reference Rock directly. Instead, he likened himself to the character he portrayed in the film.

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International celebrities, Nigerian celebrities and others have reacted with shock, condemnation, and in some cases, praise, following Will’s action.

Reacting, single dad, Ubi Franklin took to Instagram to warn people who mock him and bring his kids into it.

The talent manager shared a video of Will slapping Chris Rock. He then warned that anyone who insults him from now on will get the same treatment.

He went on to call out comedian Bovi. He said Bovi did the same thing to him at the last Headies awards. He said he was struggling at the time and trying to put his life together and Bovi made a hurtful joke about him and his kids.

He then warned Bovi not to try it again.

See his comment below…

“This is the way now, you yab me we get on it straight. Or you yab me and I yab you with receipts of the things the world don’t know right on my page here and we will go anywhere you want from there.

Comedy should not be used as a decoy to disrespect people on National TV.

BOVI, you did this at last year’s “Headies” and I sent your friends and close alleys to warn you, Do not try it again.

I am struggling with stuff and trying to put myself together and you go on live TV to talk about my kids? BOVI? Until next time.
Thank you.”

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Also reacting, married mother of one, Ruth Kadiri-Ezerika said that any man who cannot defend his wife like Will Smith did should not get married. The actress shared a photo of Will Smith slapping Chris Rock at the Oscars and wrote:

“Any man that cannot defend his wife like this should not marry her.”

Uti Nwachukwu also reacted to Will Smith’s outburst against Chris Rock. Will’s outburst came as a surprise as it happened right in the middle of an award ceremony.

Uti in a post shared on his Instagram page, said he first thought the incident was staged when he saw the clips. He added that if it wasn’t staged, then Will’s love for Jada can be his end.