Apparently, Will Smith was there during rehearsals day before when Rock made the same joke and didn’t react.

    He was laughing when Chris Rock said it. Until he saw the look on wifey’s face

      Doubt this was rigged, no chance Chris Rock, as a comedian, would agree to it. He was humiliated on another level. And the last thing comedy needs is copycat Will Smiths running up stage beating people because they don’t like a joke.

      Joke was cheap and in poor taste, but did not deserve that reaction.

        Old-Dutch I thought that was just the hasty editing done in the US broadcast - the aussie and chinese broadcasts have the full thing where he’s not? (Dunno, not watched)

            Wally He laughs at the joke, Jada makes a face. And then it cuts to Rock, who says it “wasn’t thaaaat bad”, and then sees Will Smith walking up to him…

              If Will Smith’s crying like a bitch after he sits back down was fake then he should be in contention for another Oscar.

              His reaction to Millsy’s favourite rapper, Diddy, is even more bizarre, fake laughing like a psychopath:

              No doubt he’s had a tough year, with all the dirty laundry around his marriage out in the open, but still, absolutely horrific behavior. OJesque.

                alistair Don’t be so literal. All I’m saying is, Will Smith wouldn’t dare do that if it was Ricky Gervais who made that joke. Make of that what you will.

                  Good on Will Smith standing up for his wife like that. Gervais attacked the privileged & guilty, Chris Rock attacked a fucking woman with hair loss ffs. Fuck him, Smith is an absolute legend for doing that, he shoulda knocked his teeth right out.

                  No surprise at certain individuals criticising this proud Black man.

                    The whole thing is just bizzare. Chris Rock should never have gone there - was out of order.

                    Will Smith seems completely unhinged - laughs about the joke, then goes up on stage and slaps Chris Rock and starts shouting and swearing all at the Oscars. Then hysterically laughing when Sean Coombes says that afterwards. Just bizzare

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                      seanc80 given he was laughing at the joke when it was live, it seems reasonably believable to me

                        Old-Dutch he is totally unhinged IMO. Last part of his book details how he went to a spiritual retreat, took some ayahuasca and had a few out of body experiences. Keeps referring to letting down the women in his life (which started when he watched his dad batter his mum and didn’t do anything about)

                        Then there’s the whole Jade infidelity thing and you can see he’s coming apart at the seams.

                          Stand up is dead now, woke bitches. Will Smith too is in the closet.

                          If he did but then you should be able to see the fresh prints