{"id":1405890,"date":"2022-03-28T21:14:58","date_gmt":"2022-03-29T01:14:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1405890"},"modified":"2022-03-28T21:15:01","modified_gmt":"2022-03-29T01:15:01","slug":"oscars-producer-will-packer-calls-will-smith-slap-very-painful-moment-after-first-saying-welp-i-said-it-wouldnt-be-boring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/oscars-producer-will-packer-calls-will-smith-slap-very-painful-moment-after-first-saying-welp-i-said-it-wouldnt-be-boring\/","title":{"rendered":"Oscars Producer Will Packer Calls Will Smith Slap &#039;Very Painful Moment&#039; After First Saying &#039;Welp&#8230;I Said It Wouldn&#039;t Be Boring&#039;"},"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\">40<\/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%2Foscars-producer-will-packer-calls-will-smith-slap-very-painful-moment-after-first-saying-welp-i-said-it-wouldnt-be-boring%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=1405890&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><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Oscars producer Will Packer, a Hollywood mega-producer with dozens of blockbuster credits, called Will Smith\u2019s assault against Chris Rock live on stage a \u201cvery painful moment\u201d after initially appearing to downplay the attack.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWelp\u2026I said it wouldn\u2019t be boring,\u201d Packer tweeted on Sunday night as a tacit reference to the moment that Will Smith violently assaulted comedian Chris Rock during an internationally televised event.\u00a0When one social media user accused Packer of joking about a violent physical assault, Packer responded that the moment was \u201cvery painful\u201d to witness.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cMaking jokes about an assault that happened during your show isn\u2019t the congratulatory message you think it is,\u201d said one user.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBlack people have a defiant spirit of laughter when it comes to dealing with pain because there has been so much of it. I don\u2019t feel the need to elucidate that for you,\u201d Packer responded. \u201cBut I also don\u2019t mind being transparent and say that this was a very painful moment for me. On many levels.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Welp\u2026I said it wouldn\u2019t be boring <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Oscars?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Oscars<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Will Packer (@willpowerpacker) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/willpowerpacker\/status\/1508307261604524034?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 28, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Black people have a defiant spirit of laughter when it comes to dealing with pain because there has been so much of it. I don\u2019t feel the need to elucidate that for you. But I also don\u2019t mind being transparent and say that this was a very painful moment for me. On many levels. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zzgeKIqrHm\">https:\/\/t.co\/zzgeKIqrHm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Will Packer (@willpowerpacker) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/willpowerpacker\/status\/1508488048610140165?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 28, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Academy Awards fell dead silent on Sunday night when Will Smith suddenly stormed the stage and publicly slapped comedian Chris Rock for cracking a joke about Jada Pinkett Smith\u2019s short haircut.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKeep my wife\u2019s name out your fucking mouth,\u201d Will Smith shouted at a visibly surprised Rock after walking back to his seat.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>***LANGUAGE WARNING***\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Full video\/audio of Will Smith vs. Chris Rock. (NSFW language obviously.) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Oscars?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Oscars<\/a>  <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/k7pX27lI3J\">pic.twitter.com\/k7pX27lI3J<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Adam Silverstein (@SilversteinAdam) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SilversteinAdam\/status\/1508271139461771271?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 28, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>Will Smith stayed for the remainder of the evening and even accepted the award for Best Actor, during which he appeared to condone his behavior by saying \u201clove will make you do crazy things\u201d and how he was channeling his character Richard Williams by defending his family.<\/p>\n<p>Smith did attended the\u00a0<i>Vanity Fair\u00a0<\/i>Oscars afterparty and danced the night away.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">After the slap comes the after party \ud83c\udfb6  Will Smith spotted grooving and having the time of his life shortly after giving Chris Rock a very dirty slap. \ud83d\udc4b\ud83c\udffc <\/p>\n<p>How many celebrities can you spot in the above video? <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Oscars?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Oscars<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TheOscars?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TheOscars<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2udkOFsH88\">pic.twitter.com\/2udkOFsH88<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Y! Online (@YNaija) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/YNaija\/status\/1508445016498348032?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 28, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Will Smith and his Oscar at the after party  <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/S57m8x16PL\">pic.twitter.com\/S57m8x16PL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Federico Devito \ud83c\udfac (@federicodevito) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/federicodevito\/status\/1508470775845732355?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 28, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>On Monday, after the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts &#038; Sciences (AMPAS) denounced the actor\u2019s behavior along with the Screen Actor\u2019s Guild (SAG), Will Smith issued an apology on Instagram:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CbqmaY1p7Pz\/?utm_source=ig_embed&#038;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>As of this writing, Chris Rock has not publicly commented on the incident and was reportedly consulting with his publicist after the incident occurred on Sunday night.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRock\u2019s manager,\u00a0Jason Weinberg, sat stunned, and then was asked to go speak with the Los Angeles Police Department,\u201d noted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/movies\/movie-news\/oscars-backstage-will-smith-incident-1235121056\/\"><em>The Hollywood Reporter\u00a0<\/em>(THR)<\/a>. \u201cRock ultimately\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/movies\/movie-news\/2022-oscars-will-smith-chris-rock-slap-celebrities-reactions-1235120687\/\">declined to press charges<\/a>\u00a0against Smith.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oscars producer Will Packer, a Hollywood mega-producer with dozens of blockbuster credits, called Will Smith\u2019s assault against Chris Rock live on stage a \u201cvery painful moment\u201d after initially appearing to<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"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-1405890","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\/1405890","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\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1405890"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1405890\/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=1405890"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1405890"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1405890"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}