The audience at the 2022 Oscars had a surprising reaction to the Will Smith slap on live TV. In what has become the most-talked-about moment in recent Oscars history, actor Will Smith took to the stage while actor/comedian Chris Rock was presenting and slapped him for what Smith felt was an offensive joke about Smith's wife, actress Jada Pinkett-Smith. Smith immediately returned to his seat, yelling at Rock from there, while Rock continued with the award presentation.
I'm actually not sure you physically can, in that moment, or have the right to move someone offstage. A producer isn't the police, they aren't The Academy spokesperson, they also aren't the moral adjudicator of life. They are filming an event. You also saw how the room had rallied around him; standing ovation, hugging with Tyler Perry, Denzel. So, you potentially start a riot on live TV when you are the only person who doesn't have a microphone. It's very complicated.
The lesser of two evils was chosen? The 'two evils: being what, removing someone that just committed assault in front of the world, and letting that person calmly remain seated to wait for their Oscar win and rousing applause like nothing happened? Come on...
More useless takes. 😒
Whites pretending like Will Smith is Godzilla was worse