The highpoint of the 2022 Oscars which was held in the early hours of Monday at the Dolby Theatre, Hollywood, was the shocking moment when the Oscar-winning actor, Will Smith, slapped the show anchor, Chris Rock.
The latter was upstage cracking some jokes and then proceeded to talk about couples such as Javier Bardem and Penelope Cruz before focusing on Smith and his actress wife, Jada.
Rock mocked the actress and her bald head and then asked when the G.I. Jane sequel would be released.
“Jada, I love ya. ‘G.I. Jane 2,’ can’t wait to see it,” Rock said seconds before he was slapped.
Because Jada has been public about her alopecia, a condition that causes hair loss, Smith felt Rock’s jokes were in bad taste.
While it sounded like a harmless joke to the audience, Smith took it personally as he approached Rock, slapped him before returning to his seat.
Smith and his wife have revealed that they are in an open marriage yet remain committed to each other.
While the audio of the verbal exchange didn’t air on ABC, a clip of uncensored footage has surfaced on Twitter.
“Will Smith just fu**ing slapped the shit out of me,” Rock said.
While seated, Smith angrily yelled at Rock twice saying “keep my wife’s name out of your fu**ing mouth”.
