Academy Awards (Oscars 2022)

Frankly, that would be a good thing.

Smith was pissing and moaning about the Oscars being "so white" and all that other useless noise a couple of years ago and then when he gets the nod he behaves like that...over a silly joke...and from Chris Rock of all people. I think everyone should have been prepared for, at least, a bit of dodgy humour.

What a stupid bugger. 🙄

Never rated him and was always bemused at his popularity, but he'll be remembered now for being a knob at the Oscars.

Didn't watch this last night cos the Oscars are a load of old bollocks, but looking at that this morning I first thought it was staged. But Rock is visibly shaken there and Smith effing and blinding wouldn't be allowed at such an event.

Surely a contender for cringiest Oscar moment ever?

Not sure if you are missing the point or on a wind-up but absolutely no-one is offended that he used profanity.

The obvious point is that his response was so utterly and ludicrously over the top, and context is utterly vital to that.

He assaulted the host and shouted obscenities on live TV at the biggest, most coveted event in the industry that for most, is the ultimate culmination of their personal and professional lives. It shows a stunning lack of control, judgement, rational thinking.

Then followed by an odd, rambling acceptance speech. It's not difficult to see why people are of the opinion that he behaved in a very unhinged manner.

Had he confronted and assaulted him privately, it would still be radically unjustified, but confronting him in the direct physical manner he did, in the context of where he was, and why he was there - yes, he acted completely unhinged, and dismissing it as "sure, have you never been angry yourself?" is almost comically - or I suspect deliberately - missing that point.

Like any person, he probably thought of something like this himself later.

How did Coda win best picture ? A fairly schmaltzy ,unoriginal predictable thing with bad dialogue that I wanted to and did just skip ahead through to see what happens.

You need to go back becasue there are people acting offended about his language.

and it is absolute nonsense melodrama to call what he did “unhinged”. He lost his temper. You seriously need to use a dictionary to look up the meaning of “unhinged”.

People here are being more over the top than the incident itself.

Smith got angry. He reacted badly.

How you can leap to it being a mental health problem is just bizarre.

Remember Gervais’ joke about di Caprio’s date and the length of the Irish Man. It was hilarious! And di Caprio took it so gracefully

Top class hot take action in here today.

So did Scorcese and that whole table of genuine legends. DeNiro in particular seems to love a bit of an edgy joke.

My personal favourite hosts are still Tina Fey and Amy Poehler...cutting but with a cheeky smile :)...they would be great Oscars hosts.

Yep I was also wondering why he didn’t box him like I assumed he did at first and was impressed with how Rock was able to stand his ground. I don’t get this men slapping other men, makes them look like real pu$$ys, they need to box them properly if they make the decision to go there. Like when Khabib’s crew invaded the octagon and went for McGregor, McGregor got in as many boxes at them as he was physically able to, regardless how wrecked or outnumbered he was.

Stay classy, Boards

The Smiths have been courting publicity for the last few years as if they were Katie Price and then he gets pissed off over a cheap joke. Wild craic. What a twat.

In fairness to him, on that occasion he was just defending himself against 2 Dagestan tough guys who decided to sneak up and attack an exhausted and already beaten competitor. He sussed them fairly quick and gave them as good as they tried to put on him.

What about the random man he punched in the pub?

Not to mention those sex assault charges are still rumbling on...

Will Smith slapped him when he could have punched him...the one slightly sensible thing he did...plenty of cases of one punch attacks killing people.

Just watched the full uncensored clip there. Will Smith is a p**sy.

He laughs when Rock tells the joke and we see Jada isn't happy. Camera switches back to Chris Rock - safe to assume that's when Will looks over at Jada and realised the Mrs is angry. So rather than confront Rock later, even grab him and get into a scrap long after the Oscars ended.... he gets up, walks calmly over to Rock, gives his a sly unexpected slap but immediately walks away. Then when safely 20 feet away (or whatever) starts getting hard running his mouth off shouting. But shouting loud enough so everyone can hear. Not just Rock.

Comes off as some performance - like 'no one disrespects MY wife' but nothing behind him. Of all the jokes that could have been said this was nothing. She has a shaved head so Rock went down the GI Jane 2 route. He didn't say "Hey Will, who fucked your wife last night?" or whatever.