{"id":1408259,"date":"2022-03-29T18:14:39","date_gmt":"2022-03-29T22:14:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1408259"},"modified":"2022-03-29T18:14:42","modified_gmt":"2022-03-29T22:14:42","slug":"fact-check-does-this-picture-show-nicole-kidman-reacting-to-will-smith-slapping-chris-rock-at-the-oscars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-does-this-picture-show-nicole-kidman-reacting-to-will-smith-slapping-chris-rock-at-the-oscars\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: Does This Picture Show Nicole Kidman Reacting To Will Smith Slapping Chris Rock At The Oscars?"},"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\">36<\/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%2Ffact-check-does-this-picture-show-nicole-kidman-reacting-to-will-smith-slapping-chris-rock-at-the-oscars%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=1408259&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>An image <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/d3ipN\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shared on Facebook<\/a> over 1,400 times purportedly shows actress Nicole Kidman reacting to actor Will Smith slapping comedian Chris Rock at the 2022 Oscars.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Verdict: False<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The picture was captured prior to Smith\u2019s altercation with Rock. The image appears to show Kidman\u2019s reaction to actress Jessica Chastain entering the room.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Fact Check:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Smith walked onto the stage at the 2022 Academy Awards on Sunday and slapped Rock after the comedian made a joke at the expense of Smith\u2019s wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/will-smith-apology-chris-rock-oscars-slap\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CBS News<\/a>. Rock\u2019s joke targeted Pinkett Smith\u2019s shaved head, which the actress has previously explained is due to her alopecia, the outlet reports.<\/p>\n<p>An <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/d3ipN\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">image<\/a> shared on Facebook, which has garnered over 25,000 reactions, claims to show Kidman\u2019s reaction to the incident. It shows the actress with her mount open, seemingly in amazement. \u201cNicole Kidman should win the Oscar for Best Reaction To Will Smith Slapping Chris Rock,\u201d the photo\u2019s caption claims.<\/p>\n<p>Though the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/news-photo\/nicole-kidman-and-keith-urban-during-the-show-at-the-94th-news-photo\/1239569367?adppopup=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">picture<\/a> was captured at the 2022 Oscars and can be found on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/news-photo\/nicole-kidman-and-keith-urban-during-the-show-at-the-94th-news-photo\/1239569367?adppopup=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Getty Images<\/a>, it was snapped before Smith struck Rock. One user on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tarantallegra\/status\/1508226104590573568?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1508226104590573568%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&#038;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.vulture.com%2F2022%2F03%2Fnicole-kidman-will-smith-meme-debunked.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter<\/a> shared the photo at 7:34 p.m. EST, about 26 minutes before the program\u2019s 8 p.m. start time, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/culture\/entertainment\/how-to-watch-the-oscars-tonight-start-time-streaming-nominations-and-more\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CNET<\/a>. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2022\/03\/29\/fact-check-rihannah-holding-first-born-child-photos\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Do These Photos Show Rihanna Holding Her Child?)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe picture of Nicole Kidman was taken during the non-televised portion,\u201d photographer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/people\/myung-chun#:~:text=Staff%20Photographer-,Myung%20J.,innocent%20victims%20of%20gang%20violence.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Myung Chun<\/a> of the LA Times confirmed to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vulture.com\/2022\/03\/nicole-kidman-will-smith-meme-debunked.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Vulture<\/a>. \u201cIt appeared that she was excited to see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm1567113\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jessica Chastain<\/a> across the room. Kidman then reached out her arms and waved to her with both hands.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Check Your Fact has reached out to Chun for comment and will update this piece if a response is given.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An image shared on Facebook over 1,400 times purportedly shows actress Nicole Kidman reacting to actor Will Smith slapping comedian Chris Rock at the 2022 Oscars.Verdict: False The picture was<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":144,"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-1408259","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\/1408259","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\/144"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1408259"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1408259\/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=1408259"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1408259"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1408259"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}