{"id":1409895,"date":"2022-03-30T11:44:52","date_gmt":"2022-03-30T15:44:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1409895"},"modified":"2022-03-30T11:44:55","modified_gmt":"2022-03-30T15:44:55","slug":"chris-rock-pal-david-spade-weighs-in-on-the-slap-goes-viral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chris-rock-pal-david-spade-weighs-in-on-the-slap-goes-viral\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris Rock Pal David Spade Weighs In On \u2018The Slap,\u2019 Goes Viral"},"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\">24<\/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%2Fchris-rock-pal-david-spade-weighs-in-on-the-slap-goes-viral%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=1409895&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-173246686.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Actor and comedian David Spade this week weighed in on Will Smith infamously slapping fellow \u201cSNL\u201d alum and superstar comedian Chris Rock across the face over a mild joke about Smith\u2019s wife at the 94th annual Academy Awards show.<\/p>\n<p>Spade, a longtime friend of Rock\u2019s, seemed to mock the idea that Smith would get so riled up over such a mild joke from Rock.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA GI Jane joke???\u201d Spade posted to Twitter. The post blew up online, garnering nearly 147,000 likes.<\/p>\n<p>During a segment at the Oscars, Rock\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/will-smith-issues-apology-to-chris-rock-says-he-was-out-of-line-and-wrong\">spotted<\/a> actress Jade Pinkett Smith in the audience and cracked a joke about how Jada was going to be in the next \u201cG.I. Jane\u201d movie, referring to her bald head.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A GI Jane joke???<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 David Spade (@DavidSpade) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DavidSpade\/status\/1508272786384453632?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 28, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Spade then doubled-down on his criticism of Smith, battling a critic of his own.\u00a0\u201cWhy would you phrase this as \u2018a GI Jane joke?\u2019 instead of \u2018a joke about a woman with alopecia\u2019?\u201d the Spade critic said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause comedians don\u2019t have a medical chart for everyone in the audience,\u201d the \u201cTommy Boy\u201d actor shot back. This tweet, too, went viral, pulling in some 213,000 likes.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Because comedians don\u2019t have a medical chart for everyone in the audience. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XzZcy9ITqq\">https:\/\/t.co\/XzZcy9ITqq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 David Spade (@DavidSpade) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DavidSpade\/status\/1508678901609885698?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 29, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Spade also <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2022\/03\/29\/david-spade-defends-chris-rocks-oscar-2022-joke\/\">reportedly<\/a>\u00a0told Page Six at a Vanity Fair Oscars after-party \u201cthat Smith\u2019s attack \u2018set a dangerous precedent.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/watch-i-dont-give-two-craps-what-people-feel-about-this-bald-head-of-mine-i-love-it-jada-pinkett-smith-days-before-the-oscars\">The Daily Wire<\/a> highlighted that Jada, just a week before the Oscars,\u00a0\u201cstated in a TikTok video that she loved her bald head and didn\u2019t care what people thought, asserting, \u2018I don\u2019t give two craps what people feel about this bald head of mine.\u00a0Because guess what? I love it.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBeing a black woman and dealing with hair in Hollywood, especially in the era I came up in, having your hair look as European as possible was always the thing,\u201d the actress continued. \u201cThat was really challenging, you know, because I liked my hair out wild and curly. But nobody wanted that, so I always had to do my hair in ways that didn\u2019t feel natural to me because of trying to play the game.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Smith finally apologized for his actions on Monday evening.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cViolence in all of its forms is poisonous and destructive,\u201d the actor wrote. \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 my Jada\u2019s medical condition was too much for me to bear and I reacted emotionally.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would like to publicly apologize to you, Chris,\u201d Smith added. \u201cI 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.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/watch-i-dont-give-two-craps-what-people-feel-about-this-bald-head-of-mine-i-love-it-jada-pinkett-smith-days-before-the-oscars\">WATCH: \u2018I Don\u2019t Give Two Craps What People Feel About This Bald Head Of Mine.\u00a0\u2026 I Love It\u2019: Jada Pinkett Smith Days Before The\u00a0Oscars<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><i>Enter for the chance to hang out with Gina Carano at the premiere of her new Daily Wire movie, Terror on the Prairie! Two lucky Daily Wire members will be given the complete red carpet treatment \u2013 free airfare, hotel, premiere car service, and exclusive merch. Daily Wire members can click <\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/redcarpet\"><i>here<\/i><\/a><i> to enter for a chance to win. 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