{"id":1403795,"date":"2022-03-28T07:30:03","date_gmt":"2022-03-28T11:30:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1403795"},"modified":"2022-03-28T08:58:13","modified_gmt":"2022-03-28T12:58:13","slug":"celebs-responds-to-will-smith-hitting-chris-rock-face-over-joke-open-a-criminal-battery-investigation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/celebs-responds-to-will-smith-hitting-chris-rock-face-over-joke-open-a-criminal-battery-investigation\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebs Responds To Will Smith Hitting Chris Rock Face Over Joke: \u2018Open A Criminal Battery Investigation\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcelebs-responds-to-will-smith-hitting-chris-rock-face-over-joke-open-a-criminal-battery-investigation%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1403795&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/03\/WSCR-scaled.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"e1nzmkc90 css-1s0j25g\">\n<p>Notable public figures weighed in late on Sunday night about actor Will Smith striking comedian Chris Rock for making a joke about his wife during the 94th Academy Awards.<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Wire\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/will-smith-struck-chris-rock-in-the-face-at-oscars-after-he-cracked-a-joke-about-jada-pinkett-smiths-hair-loss\">reported<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>During a segment at the Oscars, the 57-year-old comedian remarked about how no one was wearing a mask in the theater before he turned his attention to Denzel Washington and praised him for his part in the movie \u201cThe Tragedy of MacBeth.\u201d The superstar comedian then spotted Will Smith\u2019s wife in the audicen and cracked a joke about how Jada was going to be in the next \u201cG.I. Jane\u201d movie.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cJada, I love ya,\u201d Rock said. \u201cG.I. Jane 2 movie, can\u2019t wait to see it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Smith then got up from his seat and struck Rock in the face.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOh wow, wow. Will Smith just smacked the s*** outta me,\u201d Rock said.<\/p>\n<p>Smith then repeatedly shouted, \u201cKeep my wife\u2019s name out your f***ing mouth!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWow, dude,\u201d Rock replied. \u201cIt was a G.I. Jane joke.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Notable responses included:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Conan O\u2019Brien<\/strong>: \u201cJust saw the Will Smith slap. Anyone have a late night show I can borrow just for tomorrow?\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong>Clay Travis<\/strong>: \u201cWhere is Chris Rock? Is he still back stage? Was kind of hoping he would come out with a folding chair and hit Will Smith during the acceptance speech.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong>Stephen A. Smith<\/strong>: \u201cTotal BS by @willsmith . If his night is ruined because of this he deserves it. The man has Denzel &amp; Bradley Cooper trying to calm him down. For what? A joke about his wife in G.I. Joe? Come on! The s*** was embarrassing! A very very bad look! Love Will. But not after this B.S.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong>Maria Shriver<\/strong>: \u201c#WillSmith says he wants to be a vessel for love. Love is not violent. Love is not what was displayed on a global stage tonight.\u201d She continued, \u201cWe should never get to a place where we sit and watch a movie star hit someone on global television then, moments later, get a standing ovation while talking about love.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong>Stephen L. Miller<\/strong>: \u201cIf Chris Rock wanted to say something to Will Smith that wouldn\u2019t have made him angry he should have offered to sleep with his wife.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong>Piers Morgan<\/strong>: \u201cIt was real. Just seen the uncensored footage. Will Smith hit Chris Rock for cracking a GI Jane joke about his wife Jada Pinkett Smith (who suffers from alopecia) \u2013 then twice screamed \u2018keep my wife\u2019s name out of your f****** mouth\u2019 at him Ugliest moment in Oscars history.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong>Dana White<\/strong>: \u201cFINALLY!!!!! there\u2019s an #Oscars show worth watching. AND @chrisrock has a chin.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong>Rob Reiner<\/strong>: \u201cWill Smith owes Chris Rock a huge apology. There is no excuse for what he did. He\u2019s lucky Chris is not filing assault charges. The excuses he made tonight were bulls***.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong>Will Cain<\/strong>: \u201cOf all the things going on in that relationship between Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith we\u2019re to believe this was the moment \u2013 a hair joke from Chris Rock \u2013 where Smith gets all old fashioned and chivalrous. Right.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong>Dan Abrams<\/strong>: \u201cIf this happened as it seems, the authorities should open a criminal battery investigation.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong>Mike Cernovich<\/strong>: \u201cWill Smith committed a violent crime, took no responsibility, and then blamed it on his feelings. Perfect encapsulation of our times.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest growing conservative media companies for breaking news, investigative reporting, sports, podcasts, in-depth analysis, books, and entertainment for a reason: because we believe in what we do. We believe in our country, in the value of truth and the freedom to speak it, and in the right to challenge tyranny wherever we see it. Believe the same? <a class=\"in-cell-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Become a member now and join our mission.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Notable public figures weighed in late on Sunday night about actor Will Smith striking comedian Chris Rock for making a joke about his wife during the 94th Academy Awards.The Daily<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":134,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1403795","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1403795","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/134"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1403795"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1403795\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1403795"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1403795"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1403795"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}