Actors and celebrities continue to reflect and give their opinions about the slap that Will Smith gave comedian Chris Rock in the face after a joke with his wife at the Oscars. However, one of the strongest was that of actor Jim Carrey, who suggested that Smith should have been arrested after the assault in an interview with CBS Mornings.
At the moment when presenter Gayle King pointed out that Rock did not want to file a lawsuit on the case and asked if the attitude could lead the artist to jail, Carrey opined: “he should [ir preso]”.
When asked what he thought of the entire episode, Carrey didn’t mince words. “I felt sickened by the audience giving him a standing ovation. Hollywood is mass cowardice and I got the feeling it was a clear indication that we’re not a cool club anymore,” he said. Smith ended up being elected and followed by best actor and took home a statuette.
“He [Chris] didn’t want to have work [de entrar com processo]. I would have warned you in the morning that I was going to sue Will for $200 million because that video will exist forever and be ubiquitous. This insult will last a long time. If you want, you can shout something from the audience or show that you don’t like it on Twitter, but you don’t have the right to go on stage and hit someone in the face.”
In Carrey’s opinion, “Will has something going on inside him that is very frustrating.” “Many people worked hard to be there. And to have their moment to shine, to receive an award for the work they did. It was a very selfish moment that covered everything else”, he concluded.
After the dust had settled and doubts that it was real had subsided, social media swarmed with different opinions. And, if the subject was just a small talk after the party, as reported by the British newspaper The Guardian, throughout this second several celebrities took to the networks, either to defend Chris Rock’s freedom as a comedian, or to support Smith’s attitude. to protect your wife. The actor himself, who apologized to the Academy at the time, only published a note directed to Rock this evening, calling the attitude “inexcusable”.
The reactions came from the most diverse corners. Starting with the actor’s son, Jaden Smith, who was synthetic on Twitter when he wrote that “this is how we do it”, he declared, in support of his father.
At the time, after the slap, celebrities like Daniel Kaluuya, Nicole Kidman, Keith Urban and Denzel Washington came to talk to and support Smith. Tiffany Haddish, who was also at the ceremony, made a statement defending the actor to the American magazine People.
“When I saw a black man stand up for his wife, it meant a lot to me. As a woman, who’s been unprotected, hear someone say ‘keep my wife’s name out of your mouth, leave my wife alone,’ that’s what what your husband should do, right? Protect you,” she declared.
Singer Nicki Minaj, who says she is a friend of Chris Rock, also took to the networks to praise the attitude of Smith, who could not stand to see that his wife was holding back tears after being the subject of a “little joke”. “This is what every real man feels in that moment. While you’re seeing the joke, he’s seeing her pain,” she wrote.
On the other hand, other celebrities and comedians had a somewhat different opinion regarding the aggression televised on an international network. Actress and comedian Kathy Griffin said she was concerned about the repercussions that Smith’s attitude could have in the future, with other people feeling entitled to do the same.
“It is very bad practice to go on stage and physically assault a comedian. Now we all have to worry about who wants to be the next Will Smith in comedy clubs and theaters,” he wrote.
Along the same lines, actress Mia Farrow said she was shocked by the attitude of a major Hollywood star who took the stage to attack a comedian after an unfortunate joke about his beautiful wife. Anyone who agrees with this has probably never been hit by a powerful man. As we advise our children, ‘use your words,'” she tweeted.
“Jokes are what Chris Rock does. That was a light joke for him. And I love ‘GI Jane,'” he said, referring to the film in which Demi Moore’s character shaves her hair and which inspired the joke in question.
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