Because it has been heavily reported. Its the same way I know a lot of things, even if I wasnt there and didnt have direct access(via televised coverage).
It has been reported and there are pictures of it happening. Oh, Tyler Perry also 'comforted' Smith afterwards.
Sure, it could have all been staged, but that is a ton of effort for an early April Fool's joke on us all. Or maybe those comforting Smith and his wife werent in on the staging. Ooh, well there is quite the secretive conspiracy theory, right? Pretty sure the mental gymnastics to make this possible are more work than what Qanon did to make some of those stories seem possible to followers.
Look at all the publicity both Will and Chris are getting from it. Everyone and I mean everyone is talking about it and either he hits like a girl or he really wasn't mad. Chris and Will might have planed it and did not tell anyone. Will is very good self promoter. That is very very plausible.
Staged doesn't necessarily mean everyone in the building was in on it. In fact, if I were going to stage something like that, I wouldn't have had anyone other than Smith, Rock, myself and maybe 1 or 2 other people in on it. That way, all the other reactions would be real.
It is certainly possible. I wouldnt say it is very very plausible, but sure it is possible.
Thats a lot of effort just for some next day discussion over the incident. Its not like Will Smith was some B-list celebrity who hadnt been relevant for years and needed to get some publicity. He and his family are quite prominently featured still- I know about **** thats happening with them and I dont follow any celebrity sites or even use Twitter. Someone like that doesnt seem like the type who is desperate to be talked about the day after an awards show.
THThis is not a gray area. Chris Rock wasn't threatening anyone or inciting violence. He made a joke. You might not like the joke. You might find it offensive. That doesn't present a gray area of whether or not you can smack someone on national TV. Assault is never justified because you find a joke offensive.
This is the problem with the idea that "offensive words are violence". It leads to actual violence.
He should file charges and a civil suit.
I'd pay for the gas for someone to drive up to Iowa and bitchslap you to hell and back. That's just an opinion.
No actor or actress especially Will Smith is going to get up and slap someone on that stage and on national tv. He is not going to do it unless it was planned. He has enough smarts and control to keep his bearings. He would have settle that after the show. Look at Chris Rock. His hands are behind his back and face lean forwards waiting on it then add in, it was a weak *** slap. You are a fool if you think it was not planned. If anything he would get up, take the mic away and start making fun of Chris Rock.
That slap landed better than the joke.
I’ll admit that in general, I agree and that Smith was probably wrong. But let’s dream up a scenario here. Let’s say that Quincy Wagstaff’s wife was going through chemo (I would never wish that on you or anyone you know, btw). Now let’s say you’re at a show and the comedian points out your wife and makes the same exact joke that Chris Rock made. Know what I mean?
I heard a great explanation from a cultural theorist on twitter: Smith was simply enacting whiteness and carryinig out the violence inherent in white supremacy. He initially laughed, but after noticing how angry his wife looked, he decided to defend her honor, much like those white southerners who put white women on a pedastal and defended their honor by slapping those deemed to have dishonered them. Smith momentarily embraced toxic notions of masculinity derived from America's honor culture. Violence is merely one of the cultural norms and patterns embedded in America's matrix of white supremacist oppression that influences our institutions and the behavior of whites and BIPOC peoples alike. Will Smith is thus blameless.
I don't think this was staged at all. There are now clips circulating on Twitter of Denzel and other actors talking to Will over in the corner during a commercial break after it happened and Will is obviously crying and upset.
Good thing he only joked about her and didn't 17 her. Oh wait....
Yeah we should all smack someone instead of talking to them
So the publicists were scurrying over to Smith and wife at each commercial break because they wanted to keep up the staged incident? And Denzel Washington spoke with Smith to keep up the staged incident?
Seems like a lot of effort.
It’s also tracks coming from you.
Being inconsistent.
Calling out **** that fits your agenda and being a passive ***** when it doesn’t.
Again, they are actors. They role play for a living.
So you think Will Smith is falling on the sword for the sake of Oscar ratings?
I mean what does Will Smith have to gain by this?
Chris Rock? Ok maybe he can gain some publicity but will smith is still at a high enough point in his career he is winning Oscars.
He was also bitter at the Oscars a few years ago.
So your take is he is getting a lot of negative pub and just publicity that he doesn’t need to help the Oscar’s?
Apparently Jada’s bald look is because of a medical issue. Not sure if Chris Rock knew that. If he did, he deserved to get smacked. If not, the fresh prince was way out of line.
But if I insulted your wife in front of your face, ...