Academy Awards (Oscars 2022)

Awkward, risky, ill-judged. Whatever!

Anyone who thinks this was real is a gullible sod! The ratings for the oscars have been tanking for years, they had to do something to save it. You can clearly see Chris Rock prepare himself for the swing.

But there's a sucker born every minute...

Will Smith wasn't "allowed" to physically assault Chris Rock. Nobody knew that's what he was going to do. Even as Smith approached him, it seemed like Rock even just thought Smith was going to say something to him.

It's been said that they pulled him aside during a break a few minutes later and gave him some sort of warning. I'm sure they didn't know what to do.

What ratings? How was this done to improve ratings?

The Oscars is a global event. Now and always.

Rock preparing for the swing? Yes, maybe he was. Like anyone would if a man is approaching you after you’ve insulted his wife..

Only gullible sods would think this was somehow scripted and staged for ratings. Absolute lunacy thinking..

Ratings of a live event that by the time anyone not already watching it found out about the slap, the show would be over.

Unless the claim is that due to the slap, people are more likely to watch next year even though the same thing obviously isn't going to happen again. Nor are people going to watch a 3-4-however long hour awards show they wouldn't normally watch next year just in case they do something else controversial.

The only gullible person is you in believing in conspiracies.

Please tell me how an unexpected incident in a live event can boost ratings as the people who are not watching do not know it’s happening?

Also the Academy have edited the incident out from all highlights shows being released all over the world including the one being broadcast on RTE 2 now.

Doh, never thought a that😅

That's the thing here, if it was planned for ratings, there is a million ways better to do it than what occurred (I mean, it was literally 2 actors in a room full of other actors).

But it is interesting to see the conspiracy theorists go there that quickly.

The Academy has launched an investigation into the incident.

I'd say it's pretty unlikely they will take an Oscar back from a black actor who many feel were hard done by in the past, such is the World we live in.

But they could well blacklist him. Or are we saying redlist now?

The joke was close to the bone and yes I could see how the Smiths would find it offensive but Will would have been better served heckling Rock with a "Whatever!" or similar or a caustic boo.

Going on stage and slapping him was just blatant wrong.

His son sent a tweet almost immediately saying something like "that's how we do it". So clearly not a great example to their children that a raised palm settles a score.

If Will hadn't slapped Rock, the son would have made a better stance by using Twitter so throw a dig at Rock and maybe tag a link to an alopecia charity.

The joke could also have been interpreted a different way by the Smiths in that GI Jane is a sex symbol. Someone else in their shoes might have laughed it off and thought "gee thanks for the comparison to a hot action hero".

Rock did well not to walk off humiliated though because I know that's what I would have done.

Wanda Sykes is just thankful she didn't make the joke. Cris Rock is a tool though, comedians in general feel like they are above the PC world we live in these days, that they are above getting canceled, as it's '' only a joke'' . But they use that excuse to get so personal with people, and to do it live in front of millions, and for what, a cheap laugh at someones expensive, a lady who loss her hair, who is dealing with the mental torment of it, who is fragile emotionally, you're going to target this lady??? Come on man !

Will was right to kick his ass, he's a man,a father and a husband first, an actor second.