Academy Awards (Oscars 2022)

Apple are not happy about this.

Distracting everyone from their film CODA being the big winner.

Marty Whelan was talking about CODA this morning. I don’t think he mentioned the slap. Class act that lad.

Will Smuth was sexually assaulted at an event?

bad in what way, the only way Chris rock can be funny is by trying to humiliate someone, and picked on a woman with a medical condition. Good on Will Smith, he gave him an open handed slap i've seen many a mother dish out to bold kids. IF he wanted to hurt him he could have, no problem. I'd love someone to do it to jimmy carr or james corden next

Hilarious how alopecia is being used as the trigger for this reaction from the smiths.

How many people are familiar with the background of their marriage? She 110% wears the trousers, was probably set to be the bigger star when they got together, but the power/fame shift in their relationship has dramatically changed over the years and it's clearly rankled with her.

She's a Z Lister to his A Lister but I'd say she is an absolute massive presence in their house. It's like someone with a huge ego playing second fiddle to someone whose sole purpose was to run around pleasing the former.

The trigger to this incident for Pinkett wasn't alopecia, it was the fact Chris Rock (who knows her true form) has aimed a few barbs at her in the past and for this one she happened to be in attendance. The joke came in the context of speaking about another Hollywood couple Javier Bardem and Penelope Cruz, mentioning they were both nominated. To keep his wife happy, Rock said Bardem was praying Smith would win the best actor category in case Cruz missed out on best actress.

Pinkett was portrayed as the odd one out (reference to GI Jane2 was more a poke at her failed career as much as her hairdo) and it was her bruised ego that sparked the reaction.

It's a fascinating insight into their home life/relationship, it was 100% seeing her reaction that made him spring into action, he simply had to act or else things would be difficult for him on home front. Mad to think that kind of spousal pressure can cause a husband/wife to act so irrationally in order to keep the peace.

He basically chose to make an absolute holy show of himself in order to try and please his wife. Very very unhealthy set up. You can see Smith is an angry guy, a lot of pent up anger, probably a couple that should have divorced but stuck at it via willpower rather than love.

Is there a comedian who also has the name Ricky Gervais?

You need to watch that clip again.

Smith isn’t angry at all as he walks away.

A lot of people are seeing things in that clip that are not there.

I think it's clear that Smith is upset at what's happened in his marriage, has probably been forced to go along with this "open marriage" BS while trying to repair it - half out of fear of breaking up with someone he loves, half out of guidance from the Smith PR team - and all this has been simmering beneath the surface.

It's likely he's been putting up with it because he doesn't want to lose her, and when he saw how upset she was at Rock's joke last night, he probably panicked and thought "I'll confront him and she'll be impressed". I can guarantee those 10-15 seconds it took him to walk up to Rock were the longest of his life with all the thoughts going through his head.

All the same, it's no excuse.

I think it's clear he was "angry" when he sat back down.

Whether it's real anger, or faux anger to appease the wife, that's another story

So you are saying there is doubt about whether the anger is real or not?

So why have you called Smith an “angry man” with “pent up anger”?

It can’t be both those things.

EDIT: Also when he starts shouting, how do you know he is angry? He is an actor.