{"id":1407955,"date":"2022-03-29T15:59:47","date_gmt":"2022-03-29T19:59:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1407955"},"modified":"2022-03-29T15:59:52","modified_gmt":"2022-03-29T19:59:52","slug":"serena-venus-williams-father-king-richard-critical-of-will-smith-after-oscars-slap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/serena-venus-williams-father-king-richard-critical-of-will-smith-after-oscars-slap\/","title":{"rendered":"Serena, Venus Williams&#039; Father &#039;King Richard&#039; Critical of Will Smith After Oscars Slap"},"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\">26<\/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%2Fserena-venus-williams-father-king-richard-critical-of-will-smith-after-oscars-slap%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=1407955&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--><p class=\"subheading\">Richard Williams, father of Venus and Serena Williams and the inspiration for Will Smith\u2019s character in the movie King Richard, did not cut Smith any slack after he assaulted Chris Rock at the Oscars.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking through his son, who also serves as his spokesperson, Williams said that he was surprised by the incident and doesn\u2019t condone violence.<\/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>\u201cWe don\u2019t know all the details of what happened. But we don\u2019t condone anyone hitting anyone else unless it\u2019s in self-defense,\u201d Williams\u2019 son and spokesman Chavoita LeSane <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/serena-venus-williams-father-king-richard-will-smith\">told<\/a> NBC News.<\/p>\n<p>LeSane did not provide additional comment other than to say his father was surprised at the display.<\/p>\n<p>Smith\u2019s slap shocked viewers and lit the internet on fire as people reacted to the unprecedented incident.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>As Breitbart\u2019s Jerome Hudson\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/entertainment\/2022\/03\/27\/watch-will-smith-smacks-chris-rock-on-stage-at-oscars\/\">reported<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Chris Rock was on stage at the Dolby Theatre to present the award for documentary feature. The comedian cracked a joke about Jada Pinkett Smith\u2019s bald head, saying she looked like she belonged in \u2018G.I. Jane 2.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Smith then stormed the stage and appeared to slap Rock across the face. \u2018Wow, Will Smith just smacked the shit out of me,\u2019 said Rock.<\/p>\n<p>Smith took his seat and appeared to mouth the words: \u2018Keep my wife\u2019s name out of your fucking mouth!\u2019<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><em><strong>Watch below<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0(<em><strong>***Language warning***<\/strong><\/em>):<\/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<p>Jada Pinkett Smith was diagnosed with Alopecia in 2018, a condition that resulted in her hair loss.<\/p>\n<p>After winning Best Actor, Smith, 53, described Richard Williams as a defender of his family and apologized to everyone except the man he assaulted. He then painted himself as a \u201ccrazy\u201d protective father, similar to Williams.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m being called on in my life to love people and to protect people and to be a river to my people,\u201d said Smith during his acceptance speech after winning his first-ever Oscar. \u201cI know to do what we do you\u2019ve got to be able to take abuse. You\u2019ve got to be able to have people talk crazy about you. In this business, you\u2019ve got to be able to have people disrespecting you. And you\u2019ve got to smile and pretend like that\u2019s OK.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Smith added,\u00a0\u201cI look like the crazy father, just like they said about Richard Williams. But love will make you do crazy things.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.gettyimages.com\/photos\/serena-williams-of-the-usa-celebrates-with-her-father-richard-and-picture-id147992121?k=20&#038;m=147992121&#038;s=612x612&#038;w=0&#038;h=PoXf80XJUhxJZ9Huuf6_UKfYqLyAuKBPfRNtPqHMk2E=\" alt=\"Serena Williams of the USA celebrates with her father Richard Williams and sister Venus Williams after her Ladies\u2019 Singles final match against...\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Richard Williams with Venus, Serena Williams (Julian Finney\/Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>While his words were limited, based on LeSane\u2019s comments from his father, it doesn\u2019t sound like Richard Williams would have chosen to handle the situation the way Will Smith did.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, Smith apologized to Chris Rock.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B4\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cMy behavior at last night\u2019s Academy Awards was unacceptable and inexcusable. Jokes at my expense are a part of the job, but a joke about Jada\u2019s medical condition was too much for me to bear and I reacted emotionally.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would like to publicly apologize to you, Chris.\u00a0I was out of line and I was wrong. I am embarrassed and my actions were not indicative of the man I want to be. There is no place for violence in a world of love and kindness.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would also like to apologize to the Academy, the producers of the show, all the attendees and everyone watching around the world. I would like to apologize to the Williams Family and my \u2018King Richard\u2019 family. I deeply regret that my behavior has stained what has been an otherwise gorgeous journey for all of us.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am a work in progress. Sincerely, Will.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Chris Rock has declined to press charges against Smith for slapping him.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Richard Williams, father of Venus and Serena Williams and the inspiration for Will Smith\u2019s character in the movie King Richard, did not cut Smith any slack after he assaulted Chris<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":92,"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-1407955","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\/1407955","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\/92"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1407955"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1407955\/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=1407955"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1407955"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1407955"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}