{"id":1404184,"date":"2022-03-28T08:30:29","date_gmt":"2022-03-28T12:30:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1404184"},"modified":"2022-03-28T08:30:32","modified_gmt":"2022-03-28T12:30:32","slug":"the-academy-awards-responds-after-will-smith-hits-chris-rock-in-the-face-over-joke-about-wife","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-academy-awards-responds-after-will-smith-hits-chris-rock-in-the-face-over-joke-about-wife\/","title":{"rendered":"The Academy Awards Responds After Will Smith Hits Chris Rock In The Face Over Joke About Wife"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/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%2Fthe-academy-awards-responds-after-will-smith-hits-chris-rock-in-the-face-over-joke-about-wife%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=1404184&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\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/03\/94AA-scaled.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>The Academy Awards condemned \u201cviolence of any form\u201d after Will Smith struck Chris Rock in the face for making a joke about his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, at the 94th annual awards show.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Academy does not condone violence of any form,\u201d The Academy tweeted. \u201cTonight we are delighted to celebrate our 94th Academy Awards winners, who deserve this moment of recognition from their peers and movie lovers around the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Academy does not condone violence of any form.<\/p>\n<p>Tonight we are delighted to celebrate our 94th Academy Awards winners, who deserve this moment of recognition from their peers and movie lovers around the world.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Academy (@TheAcademy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheAcademy\/status\/1508310547564953606?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 28, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\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>\n<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>\n<\/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>Smith later issued an apology after the attack but did not mention Rock.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to apologize to the Academy, I want to apologize to my fellow nominees,\u201d he concluded. \u201cThis is a beautiful moment and I\u2019m not crying for winning an award. It\u2019s not about winning an award for me. It\u2019s about being able to shine a light on all of the people \u2026 Art imitates life. I look like the crazy father just like they said \u2026 just like they said about Richard Williams. Love will make you do crazy things.\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 &#038; 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>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***ing 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<\/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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Academy Awards condemned \u201cviolence of any form\u201d after Will Smith struck Chris Rock in the face for making a joke about his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, at the 94th<\/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-1404184","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\/1404184","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=1404184"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1404184\/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=1404184"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1404184"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1404184"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}