{"id":1410509,"date":"2022-03-30T14:29:52","date_gmt":"2022-03-30T18:29:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1410509"},"modified":"2022-03-30T14:29:55","modified_gmt":"2022-03-30T18:29:55","slug":"actor-matthew-modine-on-will-smith-we-should-not-applaud-nor-give-a-standing-ovation-to-abusers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/actor-matthew-modine-on-will-smith-we-should-not-applaud-nor-give-a-standing-ovation-to-abusers\/","title":{"rendered":"Actor Matthew Modine on Will Smith: We &#039;Should Not Applaud Nor Give a Standing Ovation&#039; to Abusers"},"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\">34<\/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%2Factor-matthew-modine-on-will-smith-we-should-not-applaud-nor-give-a-standing-ovation-to-abusers%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=1410509&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\">Actor Matthew Modine\u00a0reacted to actor Will Smith attacking comedian Chris Rock at this year\u2019s Oscars, stating, \u201cwe\u00a0certainly should not applaud nor give a standing ovation\u201d to abusers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf a child violently strikes another child in a playground, we don\u2019t give the abuser cake &#038; we certainly should not applaud nor give a standing ovation to the abuser,\u201d Modine tweeted on Tuesday.<\/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>\u201cActing is child\u2019s play complicated by high financial stakes &#038; loud public criticism,\u201d he added, along with the hashtag, [We Are Not Our Characters].<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">If a child violently strikes another child in a playground, we don\u2019t give the abuser cake &#038; we certainly should not applaud nor give a standing ovation to the abuser.<\/p>\n<p>Acting is child\u2019s play complicated by high financial stakes &#038; loud public criticism<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WeAreNotOurCharacters?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WeAreNotOurCharacters<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Matthew Modine (@MatthewModine) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MatthewModine\/status\/1508876782421696519?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 29, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Modine was reacting to Will Smith walking onto the Oscars stage on Sunday night and smacking Chris Rock across the face after the comedian made a joke about his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Rock had joked about Pinkett Smith\u2019s short hair \u2014 which she has due to alopecia \u2014 by referring to her as \u201cG.I. Jane.\u201d It remains unclear if Rock knew about her condition when he made the joke.<\/p>\n<p>After the joke was made, Smith got out of his seat, marched onto the stage, and promptly struck Rock in the face, before returning to his seat and twice shouting, \u201cKeep my wife\u2019s name out\u00a0out your fucking mouth!\u201d \u2014 a shocking and cringeworthy moment for audience members and viewers.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>***LANGUAGE WARNING***<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This type of thuggish behavior has no place in civilized society. Will Smith needs to be charged for assault. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MydlQBTqBT\">pic.twitter.com\/MydlQBTqBT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Brigitte Gabriel (@ACTBrigitte) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ACTBrigitte\/status\/1508294636670009344?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 28, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Modine is not the only actor to condemn Smith for his actions on Sunday night. Many in Hollywood <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/entertainment\/2022\/03\/28\/hollywood-turns-on-will-smith-after-chris-rock-slap-the-excuses-he-made-were-bullst\/\">turned<\/a> on the actor, referring to his behavior as a display of \u201ctoxic masculinity,\u201d calling his excuses for hitting Rock \u201cbullshit,\u201d and demanding Smith apologize to the comedian.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday night, Smith took to Instagram to apologize to Rock directly, after initially omitting the comedian from his apology on Sunday, when he first apologized while collecting his award for Best Actor in <em>King Richard<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would like to publicly apologize to you, Chris,\u201d Smith said. \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<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><em>You can follow Alana\u00a0Mastrangelo on\u00a0<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ARmastrangelo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">Facebook<\/a>\u00a0and Twitter at\u00a0<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ARmastrangelo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">@ARmastrangelo<\/a>, and on\u00a0<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/alanamastrangelo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">Instagram<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Actor Matthew Modine\u00a0reacted to actor Will Smith attacking comedian Chris Rock at this year\u2019s Oscars, stating, \u201cwe\u00a0certainly should not applaud nor give a standing ovation\u201d to abusers. \u201cIf a child<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"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-1410509","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\/1410509","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\/35"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1410509"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1410509\/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=1410509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1410509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1410509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}