{"id":1407996,"date":"2022-03-29T16:14:48","date_gmt":"2022-03-29T20:14:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1407996"},"modified":"2022-03-29T16:14:56","modified_gmt":"2022-03-29T20:14:56","slug":"whoopi-has-a-whopper-of-an-excuse-for-why-oscars-let-will-smith-stay-after-slap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/whoopi-has-a-whopper-of-an-excuse-for-why-oscars-let-will-smith-stay-after-slap\/","title":{"rendered":"Whoopi Has A Whopper Of An Excuse For Why Oscars Let Will Smith Stay After Slap"},"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%2Fwhoopi-has-a-whopper-of-an-excuse-for-why-oscars-let-will-smith-stay-after-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=1407996&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\/GettyImages-1375409852-1.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Whoopi Goldberg claimed that officials at Sunday night\u2019s Academy Awards had chosen not to remove actor Will Smith from the venue \u2014 after he slapped comedian Chris Rock over a joke about his wife \u2014 because they did not want to have to explain the fact that they were kicking out a black man.<\/p>\n<p>Goldberg, who has hosted the Oscars herself on several occasions, began her explanation on Tuesday\u2019s broadcast of \u201cThe View\u201d with Rock and the reasons she believed no one jumped up to make sure he was all right.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe reason no one got up to go comfort Chris is because they weren\u2019t going to let anybody else on the stage. They were not going to \u2014\u201d she said, adding, \u201cI\u2019m going to tell you the rest of it. Let me finish with this part. They weren\u2019t going to let anybody go back. There were people there for Chris. Everybody is aware.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">WILL SMITH APOLOGIZES TO CHRIS ROCK: The actor apologized for slapping comedian Chris Rock following a joke he made about wife Jada Pinkett Smith at the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Oscars?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Oscars<\/a> \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TheView?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TheView<\/a> panel weighs in after Smith\u2019s mother spoke out saying she was \u201csurprised\u201d by his behavior. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/j1Vana6eAX\">pic.twitter.com\/j1Vana6eAX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The View (@TheView) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheView\/status\/1508830748173914114?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 29, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThe reason people got up and went over to him is because I think a lot of people thought, Oh my God, is he having a break? And so do we need to get him out? What do we need to do?\u201d she said of Smith then, going on to suggest that if they had taken Smith out immediately, it would have complicated matters.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe reason they didn\u2019t go and take him out is because that would have been another 15 \u2014 20 minute explanation of why we\u2019re taking the black man out five seconds before they\u2019re about to decide whether he\u2019s won an Oscar or not,\u201d Goldberg continued. \u201cSo that\u2019s, and I\u2019m going to say I believe Will Packer made the right decision. He said, let\u2019s get through the rest of this so we can deal with it wholeheartedly. So that\u2019s what went on. This is not the first time craziness has happened on stage, but this is the first time we\u2019ve seen anybody assault anybody on stage.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sunny Hostin argued that Rock was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/use-your-words-will-smith-gets-no-love-from-the-view-after-oscars-slap\">still being victimized<\/a>, noting that video of what happened was going to be out there forever.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need to also talk about Chris Rock because what\u2019s playing over and over again is his assault,\u201d she said. \u201cInternationally on television, his family is seeing that, his children are seeing that \u2026 he was the victim.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Comedic actor Jim Carrey took the opposite approach, <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/i-was-sickened-jim-carrey-slams-oscars-attendees-for-standing-ovation-post-slap\/\">saying that he was \u201csickened\u201d<\/a>\u00a0by the \u201cspineless\u201d Hollywood audience for not only allowing Smith to stay but for giving him a standing ovation as if nothing had happened when he was announced best actor \u2014 for \u201cKing Richard\u201d \u2014 a short time later. He also\u00a0said that if he were Rock, he\u2019d be filing a lawsuit against Smith.<\/p>\n<p><i>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. 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