One more year, The Oscar Awards were celebrated again with great enthusiasm, since last year it could not be carried out due to the pandemic. For this reason, the red carpet was dressed again in its best clothes among the best-known faces. One of them, Will Smith, started as a nominee for best leading actor and yes, he won the statuette but also the most impressive moment of the night.
It is true that each gala always leaves us with some exciting moments, details that may go unnoticed or last minute problems. But this year it seems that a step forward has been taken in all this, because the tense moment between Will Smith and Chris Rock is the most commented. What do you think of all this?
Will Smith slaps Chris Rock
Nobody expected it and what's more, many people among those present thought that it could be part of a script. Although it seems that nothing is further from reality. Chris Rock was doing a series of pranks that featured some of the actors and actresses present. On a certain moment, made reference to the alopecia problem that Jada, Will Smith's wife, has. Something that she herself decided to make public a few months ago, since she had been fighting this problem for quite some time.
Although in some videos it is seen that initially calm and smiles came out of the faces of the Smith family. But the course of the night was not so smooth. Because after Rock made the comment about Jada, Will got up, walked to the stage and slapped him.. When he sat down again, some laughter could still be heard from the audience, until the actor repeated that he did not pronounce the name of his wife, as we can see in the video.
A longstanding feud between Rock and Smith?
There are many rumors circulating on the net from this tense moment of the Oscars 2022 gala. Although at some point it seemed that both protagonists could be friends, Rock worked with Will Smith's wife and it was rumored that they could have had more than a friendship. But in addition to this, which was never confirmed, at the Oscars ceremony but in 2016, he made references against the Smiths on several occasions even though they were not present, with comments in bad taste for which he was also criticized at the time. It seems that that did not go any further, or perhaps it did and it was still in the memory of the Oscar winner.
Will Smith wins the Oscar and apologizes
Shortly after the altercation, Will Smith goes back on stage but in this case to collect the award for best actor, for the 'Williams Method'. "Love makes you do crazy things," said the actor with tears in his eyes. Without a doubt, in addition to thanking the Williams family for their work, he also took the opportunity to apologize to his teammates and to the Academy. In some moments of the gala, it seems that those companions of the actor like Denzel Washington or Bradley Cooper calmed and cheered Will. He insisted at all times on her defense towards her family and when Jada heard Chris Rock's comment, she made a gesture that captured the camera of displeasure, which would undoubtedly cause her husband's anger. her. According to various media, there will be no complaint by Rock. But yes, the Academy has put in a tweet that it does not approve of violence in any of its forms. The opinions of the famous and not famous have not been long in coming.