{"id":1410515,"date":"2022-03-30T14:29:59","date_gmt":"2022-03-30T18:29:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1410515"},"modified":"2022-03-30T14:30:02","modified_gmt":"2022-03-30T18:30:02","slug":"director-ron-howard-shocked-will-smith-assaulted-chris-rock-i-wouldnt-have-expected-this-kind-of-behavior","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/director-ron-howard-shocked-will-smith-assaulted-chris-rock-i-wouldnt-have-expected-this-kind-of-behavior\/","title":{"rendered":"Director Ron Howard Shocked Will Smith Assaulted Chris Rock: &#039;I Wouldn&#039;t Have Expected This Kind of Behavior&#039;"},"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%2Fdirector-ron-howard-shocked-will-smith-assaulted-chris-rock-i-wouldnt-have-expected-this-kind-of-behavior%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=1410515&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\">Filmmaker Ron Howard reacted to actor Will Smith attacking comedian Chris Rock at this year\u2019s Oscars, saying he found the incident \u201cvery upsetting,\u201d adding, \u201cI wouldn\u2019t have expected this kind of behavior.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese are people I\u2019m very friendly with and I was shocked. I\u00a0wouldn\u2019t have expected this kind of behavior,\u201d Ron Howard <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2022\/03\/ron-howard-will-smith-chris-rock-oscars-1234990174\/\">told<\/a> Deadline 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>The <em>Apollo 13\u00a0<\/em>director and\u00a0<em>Andy Griffith\u00a0<\/em>show star\u00a0added that he wasn\u2019t in the room when Smith smacked Rock across the face, as he was watching the Academy Awards on TV at the time, but that he found the situation \u201cvery upsetting.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not on the Academy board and I can\u2019t speak for their process but I do know them and they will be very, very thoughtful,\u201d he added. \u201cI will be curious to see what sort of decisions they make.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Academy Awards\u00a0condemned Smith\u2019s behavior, declaring that it \u201cdoes not condone violence in any form,\u201d and later announced a formal investigation into the matter.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Academy does not condone violence of any form.<\/p>\n<p>Tonight we are delighted to celebrate our 94th Academy Awards winners, who deserve this moment of recognition from their peers and movie lovers around the world.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Academy (@TheAcademy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheAcademy\/status\/1508310547564953606?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 28, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Brian Grazer, Howard\u2019s longtime collaborator and series executive producer, also shared his thoughts on the shocking Oscars altercation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI produced the Oscars one year and I think it\u2019s a celebration to the artists \u2014 and it should only focus on that,\u201d Grazer said. \u201cIt\u2019s unfortunate it detracted from that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, Smith marched onto the Oscars stage and struck Rock in the face after the comedian made a joke about his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith\u2019s short hair,\u00a0which she has due to alopecia. It remains unclear if Rock knew about her condition when he made the joke.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Watch Below:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\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>Smith later apologized for his actions while delivering his acceptance speech after winning Best Actor\u00a0for his performance as Venus and Serena\u2019s father in <em>King Richard<\/em>. The actor apologized to the Academy Awards and to all of his \u201cfellow nominees\u201d \u2014 but refrained from mentioning Rock in his apology.<\/p>\n<p>Smith was subsequently <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\/\">slammed<\/a> for his actions by many in Hollywood, who also called for Smith to apologize to Rock. On Monday night, the actor took to social media to apologize again, but this time, included Rock in his statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would like to publicly apologize to you, Chris,\u201d he 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>Filmmaker Ron Howard reacted to actor Will Smith attacking comedian Chris Rock at this year\u2019s Oscars, saying he found the incident \u201cvery upsetting,\u201d adding, \u201cI wouldn\u2019t have expected this kind<\/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-1410515","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\/1410515","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=1410515"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1410515\/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=1410515"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1410515"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1410515"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}