Will Smith hit Chris Rock within the face on the Oscars stage Sunday night time after the comic made a joke about Jada Pinkett Smith’s shaved head.
After Rock joked about Will Smith’s spouse showing in “G.I. Jane 2,” a reference to her shaved head, the actor walked onto the stage and punched the comic throughout the face.
“Wow, Will Smith simply smacked the shit out of me,” Rock mentioned, trying surprised.
“Maintain my spouse’s title out your fucking mouth,” Smith shouted as he returned to his seat.
“Wow, dude. It was a G.I. Jane joke,” Rock answered after a second of silence.
Smith, who was nominated for Finest Actor for his efficiency in “King Richard,” repeated the assertion.
“I’m going to, OK?” Rock replied.
Jada Pinkett Smith has alopecia, a situation that causes hair loss and balding. She has been open about her expertise with hair loss, revealing in July that she had shaved her head.
“Willow made me do it as a result of it was time to let go BUT … my 50’s are bout to be Divinely lit with this shed,” she wrote in an Instagram publish on the time.
Throughout a business break quickly after the incident, Will Smith appeared to wipe away tears.
Smith went on to win the Oscar for Finest Actor. In an emotional acceptance speech, he apologized to the academy and his fellow nominees.
“Richard Williams was a fierce defender of his household,” he mentioned at first of his remarks.
