Celebrity Reactions as Will Smith Slaps Chris Rock

Was Will Smith’s response to the comic’s joke about his spouse Jada Pinkett-Smith a shining instance of chivalry, or a regrettable occasion of poisonous masculinity?

A ballot of their friends can not seem to resolve.

Tiffany Haddish for one described the second as “beautiful.”

“When I saw a Black man stand up for his wife. That meant so much to me,” the actress, who was entrance and heart at Sunday’s ceremony, advised People.

“As a woman, who has been unprotected, for someone to say, ‘Keep my wife’s name out your mouth, leave my wife alone,’ that’s what your husband is supposed to do, right? Protect you.”

“And that meant the world to me,” she added. “And maybe the world might not like how it went down, but for me, it was the most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen because it made me believe that there are still men out there that love and care about their women, their wives.”

Haddish claimed Rock is a buddy of the couple, however had not run the joke by them.

“If she wouldn’t have been hurt, [Will] probably wouldn’t have said nothing,” she mentioned. “But you could see he was clearly… And they exploited it. They exploited her, so ‘I have to do something’… He protected his wife. To me, I went up to her and said, ‘You better s–k his d–k from the back, girl!’ You better put that in your magazine! That’s what I told her.”

Nicki Minaj agreed, and at size.

Liam Payne in the meantime advised Good Morning Britain that whereas there have been “three losers in that fight”, there was magnificence to be taken from the second:

While Smith had his defenders, he appeared to have way more critics.

Judd Apatow had one of many strongest reactions towards — earlier than deleting all of his tweets.

Before advising Amy Schumer to not go to the Vanity Fair afterparty as a result of “Will wants to talk to you about the monologue”, he then suggested Rock to “take him for all his King Richard, I mean, Hitch money.”

“He could have killed him,” he replied to at least one commenter defending Smith. “That’s pure out of control rage and violence. They’ve heard a million jokes about them in the last three decades. They are not freshman in the world of Hollywood and comedy. He lost his mind.”

“Seems like Will Smith’s plan to get comedians and the world to not make jokes about him is not going to pan out. The Williams family must be furious. Pure narcissism. Also — GI Jane was gorgeous, What exactly is insulting about being compared to a ripped, stunning Demi?”

“I have more hair on my back than on my head and I can take a joke about it,” he added in one other reply.

Kathy Griffin in the meantime made the purpose that Smith might have set a harmful precedent:

Mandy Moore was one other who was not impressed, re-sharing some damning takes on her Instagram tales:

“Violence is never ‘proof of love’. That’s a deadly idea that has fueled and excused domestic (and all) violence for far too long. Think hard about that take, please,” was one opinion Moore agreed with.

“‘Love will make you do some crazy things’ is true toxic bullshit and I hope no children watching this learn a thing from him,” learn one other.

Rosie O’Donnell applauded Chris Rock’s dealing with of the incident — and slammed the Academy for it is do nothing tweet.

Mark Hamill additionally felt for Rock, hastagging it #UgliestOscarMoment_Ever:

On his present Monday Morning, Howard Stern was additionally equally important of Smith, and the Academy for its inaction.

“What you saw on TV was a guy with real issues,” he advised listeners, per The Hollywood Reporter. “That’s crazy, that’s crazy when you can’t contain yourself.”

“You don’t provide security?” he requested. “You don’t have someone come up there? Chris Rock was just trying to make people laugh at the f–king ceremony, which was so long and boring.”

Stern additionally steered that if a barely extra imposing star had made the gag — like Jason Momoa or Dwayne Johnson — Smith would have remained in his seat “like a bitch.”

Comic Nikki Glaser additionally known as into the present, and mirrored Kathy Griffin’s worries about future assaults in comedy golf equipment.

“People say, ‘How did Weinstein get away with that for so long? How did that happen?’ and it’s like, we just witnessed it! Everyone saw an assault take place. Everyone in the room with their own eyes. And then if you would have tuned in 20 minutes later, you would have never known that happened.”

Mia Farrow mentioned anybody who was okay with it “has probably never been hit by a powerful man.”

E. Jean Carroll agreed:

Like many others, Mariah Shriver was skeptical about Smith’s “vessel of love” speech afterward: