What did the five fingers say to Chris Rock’s face?

[SpecialK]

41 minutes ago, rcarlson said:

and I would have gotten away with it ... if it wouldn't have been up to you meddling kids... 

 

[Hibauchery]

To me, it looked like Will tried to laugh it off.  Then he saw the look of pain on his wife's face, saw red, and reacted as a husband.  I'm not excusing it, but I understand it.

[Drguano]

[ElJavi76]

Kanye is somewhere thanking Will Smith for taking the torch. 
 

Will is the new Captain of the SS Crazy

 

And I’ll preface by saying I kid. I think Kanye is a musical genius and sly like a fox. Until he catches Pete Davidson in the street. Then he’ll just “Will Smith” him. 

[Kitchen]

1 hour ago, rcarlson said:

[Nevrknow]

18 minutes ago, Drguano said:

The Rock shot. Wish it would have been Kevin Hart up there. He gets slapped, his buddy the Rock kicks Will's ass. Awesome! 🤣

[Ford2112]

I want to care. I do. But with the amount of rape and pedophilia in Hollyweird,I just don't somehow. They need an overhaul. Will Smith sucks anyway lol

[NSXCIGAR]

2 hours ago, tjkoala said:

You can't make fun of a man's balding wife during one of the most important awards of his career and expect not to get slapped. Will Smith was laughing but he may have been slow to get the joke. Don't agree with what he did but Chris Rock was a bit out of line with that one.

I think you have a few dynamics going on here. 

First, I agree, if it was "just a guy" who had malicious intent one would be much more likely to be triggered and "cross the line" physically so to speak. But you're dealing with one of the most famous comedians of all time telling a joke he possibly didn't write, and who almost certainly has no genuine malice towards you or your family. Context and intent are both important when responding to anything

Second, apparently the wife has been quite outspoken about her condition, and while certainly a legitimate and serious condition it is far from disfiguring or terminal or life-changing in any way. It's not cancer. And it's a condition that she has been quite notably putting into the public sphere and not like something she told Rock in confidence an hour before. 

And finally, the joke was a very simple one and Will is a very smart guy. He got it, and he found it amusing because, quite frankly, it was. He clearly responded not because he felt his wife was disrespected but because his wife was unhappy and he needed to repent for initially laughing.  

He also wouldn't have slapped Dwayne Johnson or Jason Statham or Dave Bautista. 

[Ford2112]

1 hour ago, NSXCIGAR said:

 

He also wouldn't have slapped Dwayne Johnson or Jason Statham or Dave Bautista. 

Lol the old Rock would lay the smack down on his roody poo candy ass!! Bottom line is people are too sensitive these days. 

[Corylax18]

24 minutes ago, Ford2112 said:

Lol the old Rock would lay the smack down on his roody poo candy ass!! Bottom line is people are too sensitive these days. 

It was called "The People's Elbow" and it was devastating:

Yes, I watched the whole video. 

[mprach024]

“He insulted his wife”

”She has a disease”

”There’s history with their marriage”

Yada yada yada.  He acted like an absolute buffoon and disgraced himself on national tv and his family on a night that was supposed to be his triumph.  Don’t care if he’s black or white or Asian, he hit a comedian half his size who had his hands behind his back and then gave the lamest excuse in his speech.  Punk.  Hollywood hypocrites better cancel him, or their future whinging will have zero leg to stand on.  

He could have verbally destroyed Rock in his speech, and Rock would have been the villain.  Instead he laughed and THEN resorted to violence.  Rock is being applauded for his professionalism and Will is now a meme. He failed miserably and was lucky he didn’t get escorted out by security right on the spot.  Had I been in charge I’d had his ass thrown from the building.  RIP Will Smiths career.

[La_Tigre]

48 minutes ago, mprach024 said:

“He insulted his wife”

”She has a disease”

”There’s history with their marriage”

Yada yada yada.  He acted like an absolute buffoon and disgraced himself on national tv and his family on a night that was supposed to be his triumph.  Don’t care if he’s black or white or Asian, he hit a comedian half his size who had his hands behind his back and then gave the lamest excuse in his speech.  Punk.  Hollywood hypocrites better cancel him, or their future whinging will have zero leg to stand on.  

He could have verbally destroyed Rock in his speech, and Rock would have been the villain.  Instead he laughed and THEN resorted to violence.  Rock is being applauded for his professionalism and Will is now a meme. He failed miserably and was lucky he didn’t get escorted out by security right on the spot.  Had I been in charge I’d had his ass thrown from the building.  RIP Will Smiths career.

The more we talk about it the more we respect Chris Rock and that he mustered the class A high road instead of excoriating Will Smith. And he had it on his tongue, you could see it after watching a few more times. 

[SMELTZ]

Defending his wife? It was a joke by a jokester and it was probably Chris Ricks most tame joke. Will Smith and his wife are offended?  What’s offensive is their open relationship that has Jada having affairs behind Will Smiths back. Now that is offensive to their kids and to Will. Violence was not the answer for a joke, now put your hands on my wife and it’s on, but a joke? Will Smith laughed until he saw his wife’s reaction and then he felt he needed to defend her integrity, which is not all that high with her admitted affairs.

[Ken Gargett]

4 hours ago, Nevrknow said:

The Rock shot. Wish it would have been Kevin Hart up there. He gets slapped, his buddy the Rock kicks Will's ass. Awesome! 🤣

i was thinking that might not have happened had the other rock made that joke. no way is will smith slapping him. 

[Ford2112]

3 hours ago, Corylax18 said:

It was called "The People's Elbow" and it was devastating:

Yes, I watched the whole video. 

LOL I watched it to the end!

[NSXCIGAR]

6 hours ago, Hibauchery said:

To me, it looked like Will tried to laugh it off.  Then he saw the look of pain on his wife's face, saw red, and reacted as a husband.  I'm not excusing it, but I understand it.

When one's wife is upset by a marginally offensive joke told by a legendary comedian that even you found amusing I believe it to be one's responsibility as a husband to tell their wife to get over it. 

[Fuzz]

6 hours ago, La_Tigre said:

The more we talk about it the more we respect Chris Rock and that he mustered the class A high road instead of excoriating Will Smith. And he had it on his tongue, you could see it after watching a few more times. 

Agree. Chris Rock's recovery to continue on like it didn't happen showed his professionalism in getting things back on track.

Rock had his hands behind his back and couldn't defend himself. That slap was definitely a punk move. His IG apology to Rock was just another PR move to try to repair his tattered image.

[Cigar Surgeon]

5 hours ago, Fuzz said:

Rock had his hands behind his back and couldn't defend himself. That slap was definitely a punk move. His IG apology to Rock was just another PR move to try to repair his tattered image.

Protect yourself at all times. Guy charges the stage in a comedy club you know what's coming. Rock just expected social etiquette to protect him.

[BTWheezy]

[joeypots]

We all have way too much time on our hands.

[rcarlson]

Sorry to disappoint, but. . .  

Will Smith's brutal smack of Chris Rock at the 2022 Oscars ceremony was a "choreographed Hollywood display", one body language expert says.

Celebrity psychic and body language expert Inbaal Honigman has explained that the incident comes off as a "back-slapping display" which saw the two men appear "dignified" and "leisurely" - at least on the surface.

https://www.dailystar.co.uk/showbiz/smiths-oscars-slap-choreographed-hollywood-26574442

Celebrity psychic and body-language expert?  The Star?  

Case closed.  

[Fuzz]

[KCCubano]

The scariest thing about all of this is how many members watched Oscars! I am 58 and like Rob have never watched that POS show! Maybe just maybe I would for a free box of Siglo VI. 

[Fuzz]

Who watched the Oscars? We all just watched the slap!

[KCCubano]

31 minutes ago, Fuzz said:

Who watched the Oscars? We all just watched the slap!

Have yet to watch the slap! Someone sent to me and had no idea what it was so deleted. I did like Rock on SNL. Never have seen a movie with Will Smith.