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Hollywood icon Will Smith slapped in the face comedian Chris Rock Sunday at the Oscars. Rock, who was announcing the winner for best documentary, made a joke... 29.03.2022, Sputnik International

Smith smacks presenter‘s Chris Rock in the face, then shouts a vulgarity, after Rock makes a joke about the best actor nominee’s wife, Jada Pinkett Smith. Minutes later, he accepts the best actor Academy Award.

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LOS ANGELES: Actor Will Smith stormed the Oscars stage and struck comedian Chris Rock across the face for joking about his wife, in a moment at Sunday's gala that immediately went viral and left stunned viewers questioning if it had been scripted or genuine.

There was a moment of awkward silence at the Oscars on Sunday after Will Smith went up the stage to lunge at Chris Rock

The actor did not take the comedian's joke kindly.

HOLLYWOOD: Actor Will Smith stormed the Oscars stage and struck comedian Chris Rock across the face for joking about his wife, in a moment at Sunday’s gala that immediately went viral and left viewers stunned. Rock, presenting the best documentary prize with a short comedy routine, had cracked a joke comparing Jada Pinkett Smith’s buzzed hair to Demi Moore’s appearance in the

Actor Will Smith revealed in his Oscar-winning acceptance speech on Sunday that Denzel Washington gave him a word of warning after Smith smacked presenter Chris Rock in face earlier in the evening.

Will Smith hit Chris Rock and verbally abused him during the Oscars presentation after the comedian made a joke about his wife Jada Pinkett Smith's shaved head.

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