Most Americans are backing Chris Rock after the comedian was slapped by Will Smith at the Oscars, but several states in the middle of the U.S. are behind Smith.
Pro-Smith states were Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri, Kansas, Iowa, Mississippi, Alabama, South Carolina and New Hampshire.
Of the states tweeting support for Smith, Mississippi was the place with the highest percentage of his defenders at 75.4%. Smith’s slap seen ’round the world at the Oscars was clearly a crime, legal experts say, but the chances of prosecution are slim and even if convicted he’d likely face little more than a slap of his own — on the wrist.
Smith left millions of witnesses stunned Sunday when he marched onto the stage of the Dolby Theatre and smacked Chris Rock in the face after the comedian made a joke about his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, who was sitting with the actor in the front row.has said it was aware of the incident but was not investigating because Rock declined to file a police report.
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