The Will Smith-Chris Rock incident at the Oscars provoked a wide range of strong emotions that continues to fuel non-stop discourse and fierce debate.
. Smith expressed deep regret for not being able to do anything at the time, writing: “Within everything that I have done since then — the awards and accolades, the spotlights and attention, the characters and the laughs — there has been a subtle string of apologies to my mother for my inaction that day. For failing her in the moment. For failing to stand up to my father. For being a coward.”
Amplifying the shock was confusion about whether the slap had been staged. Many people also couldn’t believe Smith, who is widely beloved and known for his “good guy” persona, would lose his composure that way, Alexander said.Less than an hour later, however, Smith addressed the incident during his rambling, tearful speech accepting the best-actor award for playing Richard Williams, the father of tennis stars Serena and Venus Williams.
Even among the people who agreed that Rock’s joke was ableist, Alexander said, the question about Smith’s response remained: “Should it be a violent act, or could Will have spoken to Chris instead of slapping him?” Some, for instance, have argued that “this is a situation in which a husband was defending their wife,” she said.
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