He was stunned and shook,” said the source.īack in the theater, it was Smith’s great mentor - and now fellow Oscar winner - Denzel Washington who came over to his table first to offer words of wisdom. REUTERSĪfter the slap, LAPD officers asked Rock if he wanted to press charges against Smith. Smith’s mentor Denzel Washington was first to offer words of wisdom to the actor as Rock looked on. Meanwhile, Rock reportedly did not know that Pinkett Smith suffers from alopecia, which causes hair loss. The Wall Street Journal reported that Rock’s joke wasn’t on the teleprompter nor was it practiced in rehearsal. They’re not freshmen in the world of Hollywood and comedy. heard a million jokes about them in the last three decades. That’s pure out of control rage and violence. Filmmaker Judd Apatow suggested, in a now-deleted Twitter post, that Smith “could have killed. Jane 2,’ can’t wait to see it,” referring to her bald head - might have been the last straw. “If anything, Regina Hall’s joke about Will and Jada earlier in the evening (which hinted at their open marriage) was in way worse taste,” the source said, while adding that Rock did not have a mark on his face from the slap.ĭuring this awards season, Smith, 53, and his 50-year-old wife have repeatedly been the butt of jokes about their marital status, and some have speculated that Rock’s barb - “Jada, love you, ‘G.I. No one thought there were any issues with the jokes. I mean, these are guys he has worked with for years. Then he went to the writers’ room and spoke to his guys and left. He was taken into a side room and talked to producers and LAPD.
“When he got off stage, he was a bit shaken. Rock was “shaken” as he walked off stage to meet with producers and members of the LAPD, the source continued. She has suffered from alopecia since 2018. The fact that the guy continued to be so cool after this assault, he deserves an Oscar.” After hearing Rock’s joke about her baldness, Jada Pinkett Smith rolled her eyes. “How does that read as an apology?” the source added. I’m just here to give out the Oscar,” the source said. Rather, he was saying, “Whoa, whoa, OK, I hear you. Pictures right after the slap show Rock on stage talking to a seated Smith as though trying to make peace, but a source who knows the comedian said he wasn’t attempting an apology. There were people saying, ‘Oh, my God, poor Chris.’ People were wondering if Chris’ face was red because he was flush or because he was hit.” A source who knows Rock said the comedian walked to the front of the stage after Smith had retreated and tried to keep the peace. “Everybody was saying, ‘Holy s-t.’ Even the bartenders. I have to find out what is going on,’ then he walked out. “I heard Chris’ manager, Jason Weinberg, say, ‘I’ve got to deal with the LAPD now. “There was a sense that something was wrong with Will,” said the insider. NY Post photo composite The joke wasn’t reportedly on the teleprompter or practiced in rehearsals but, among Rock’s people, “no one thought there were any issues with the jokes.” REUTERS Chris Rock met with police but refused to press charges. The insider told how Smith’s longtime publicist Meredith O’Sullivan Wasson, Academy CEO Dawn Hudson, Oscars producer Will Packer and Academy president David Rubin then walked into a private room “very quickly … with great seriousness.” Will Smith’s slap left Oscar producers and other actors scrambling to find out what was going on with the star. “Suddenly everyone froze and the whole place was, like, what the f-k happened?” You heard it so loudly in the theater.”Īnother Hollywood insider told how she watched the chaos from the green room. “We thought it was a bit,” said one Hollywood insider.
Though ABC chiefs cut the sound when Smith ran on stage, the audience could clearly hear Smith shouting after he returned to his seat, “Keep my wife’s name out of your f-ing mouth!” Will Smith still hasn’t personally apologized to Chris Rock for Oscars slapīut no one at the Dolby Theatre thought Will Smith actually meant to hit Chris Rock for making a joke about his wife at the Oscars, until Rock said out loud, “Will Smith just smacked the s–t out of me.”
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