If there was an Oscar award for a slap, Will Smith would probably have won it with the clean clip on the face he gave comedian Chris Rock a while back. Chris Rock had made an irreverent joke about Will Smith’s wife Jada Pinkett, comparing her to GI Jane because of her bald head. He was unaware at the time that she was suffering from alopecia.
But the deed had been done and Will Smith, displeased with him, had stormed the stage and smacked him in the face. He returned to his seat in the audience from where he admonished the comedian not to put his “fucking” mouth in his wife’s affairs anymore.
After a protracted silence, the comedian shared his thoughts about the whole incident. For those who wanted to know whether the slap really hurt, he said that yes, it indeed hurt. In fact, he noted the slap was so hard that he had a ringing in his ears afterwards.
Although Will Smith later apologised (not to the comedian directly), it wasn’t enough for him to escape a 1-year Oscar ban. In that year, he is expressly forbidden to attend the Oscars in person or virtually, He also cannot be nominated for or win awards during that time span.
