One of the weirdest moments in the event’s 90+ years just took place…
During the 2022 telecast of this year’s Academy Awards, everyone’s phone went crazy with texts, tweets, slacks all saying some version of the same things.
“Wait, what?”
“Was that staged?”
“Did that just happen?”
“Wow.”
After Chris Rock made a joke about Jada Pinkett Smith being bald, Will Smith approached Rock from the crowd and smacked him in the face. It was audible. It was awkward. It was… Oscar history.
“Jada, I love you. GI Joe 2, can’t wait to see it,” Rock said. That’s when Will Smith walked up and apparently slapped the presenter.
I mean, that’s one way to get people to care about the Oscars…
It seemed pretty real, even though many watching were initially doubtful and thought it was a comedy bit.
Will Smith continued to yell at Rock from the seats once he’d left the stage, silencing the crowd as audience members apparently tried to determine what was going on.
Author: George Edelman
This article comes from No Film School and can be read on the original site.
