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Chris Rock may have left Will Smith angered by his Oscars presentation but the star's legions of loyal fans are still right by his side. The comedian was left shocked after the King Richard actor slapped him in the face after he made a controversial joke about his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith.MORE: Will Smith's mother breaks silence on son's altercation with Chris Rock But now, Chris had reason to celebrate as ticket sales for his upcoming live tour skyrocketed following the Academy Awards.WATCH: Will Smith strikes Chris Rock during Oscars "We sold more tickets to see Chris Rock overnight than we did in the past month combined," TickPick tweeted the day after the Oscars. Ticket prices are also dramatically increasing in price according to Variety who say they went up from a minimum of $46 per person on 18 March to a minimum of $341.MORE: Serena Williams speaks out after Will Smith's public apology SEE: Celebrities react to Will Smith's shocking Chris Rock altercationChris is due to kick off his tour this week in Boston for a run of shows, before he travels across the US and UK for his Ego Death World Tour.  Chris Rock's altercation with Will Smith at the Oscars has increased demand for tickets for his tourThe Oscars moment between Will and Chris will go down in history as one of the most shocking.Moments after he stormed on stage and hit the presenter, Will accepted his first Academy Award for his role in King Richard. MORE: Serena and Venus Williams steal the show at the Oscars in daring gownsRELATED: Will Smith's fans convinced attack on Chris Rock was 'staged' after actor predicted 'chaos' hours earlierHe took the opportunity to apologize but it wasn't until Tuesday when he issued an apology to Chris via Instagram. A post

Jada Pinkett Smith says it's "time for healing" after the Oscars drama involving her husband Will Smith and Chris Rock.

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Will Smith slapping Chris Rock did not sit well with Jim Carrey.

live stream featuring American Sign Language (ASL) interpreters of the Oscars broadcast racked up approximately 300,000 views alongside the main show. According to data from the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences, the Oscars ASL live stream additionally had over 1 million impressions and was watched for 903.6 viewing hours.

Will Smith has apologised for slapping Chris Rock at the Oscars after the comedian made a joke about his wife Jada Pinkett Smith. The actor shocked the live audience at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on Sunday, 27 March, when he strode on stage and hit Rock across the face with an open hand during the ceremony.

LIVE – Updated at 13:21This year’s Oscars featured shocks, sighs and surprises – but all anyone will care about is a slap. The Academy Awards took place on Sunday night, with films including The Power of the Dog, West Side Story, Licorice Pizza and Coda battling it out in the big categories. The biggest story of the night had almost nothing to do with the awards: a shocking altercation between Will Smith and Chris Rock sparked by a joke about Smith’s wife Jada.

If half the world wasn’t talking about Will Smith’s forceful slapping of comedian Chris Rock, the story of the Oscars would certainly have been about the winner in the best picture category, Coda. A low-budget, independent film, it tells the story of a hearing daughter in a deaf family who must balance helping them with her dreams of becoming a singer.

the Oscars. Carolyn Smith said it was the first time she had seen him 'go off'. Hollywood star Will has since apologised for his actions.

the now well-analysed confrontation between Will Smith and Oscars host Chris Rock – few seem to be focusing on Jada Pinkett Smith, whose alopecia was the subject of Rock’s jibe that led to the fallout. So instead of talking anymore about these two men, I am choosing to centre Jada, but also any Black women and girls whose hair has been subject to comments their entire lives. We know what it is like to have our hair policed, to have our head pet as if we were dogs.

taking to the stage to slap Chris Rock in retribution for a joke about his wife. Whilst presenting the award for best Documentary Rock quipped, “Jada, I love you. GI Jane 2, can’t wait to see you,” in an apparent reference to Smith’s wife’s alopecia.

King Richard as the father of Venus and Serena Williams was Oscar nip, a portrait of shambling masculinity touched with pathos and humor. He was the early frontrunner, and his strategically timed memoir, Will, published in late 2021, only compounded his momentum. He won the BAFTA, the Golden Globe, and the Screen Actors’ Guild Award in the run-up to last night.

Moving on. After Will Smith made headlines for slapping Chris Rock at the 2022 Oscars, Jada Pinkett Smith addressed the situation.

Jada Pinkett Smith went on social media this morning to address, in a single sentence, her husband Will Smith’s infamous slap of Chris Rock at the Oscars on Sunday.

Not like him? Will Smith‘s mother, Caroline Bright, is addressing her son’s behavior at the 2022 Oscars — and she’s just as surprised as the rest of the world.

Zack Sharf Jada Pinkett Smith responded somewhat cryptically to her husband Will Smith slapping Chris Rock at the Oscars. Pinkett Smith posted a message to her Instagram page that reads: “This is the season for healing. And I’m here for it.” The actor was the subject of the joke that led Will Smith to take the Oscar stage and slap Rock.

Jada Pinkett Smith, the wife of Will Smith, has shared her first message following the controversy that rocked the Oscars at the weekend.

Judd Apatow is sharing his thoughts on what happened at the 2022 Oscars.

Everyone is still talking about the biggest moment of the 2022 Oscars when Will Smith, who won Best Actor that evening, got up on stage and slapped presenter Chris Rock in the face after he made a joke about Jada Pinkett Smith‘s bald head.

Will Smith‘s mom Caroline Bright is breaking her silence on what she saw from her son at the 2022 Academy Awards.

Jada Pinkett Smith has officially released her first statement after her husband Will Smith hit Chris Rock on stage at the 2022 Academy Awards.

Will Smith’s on-stage slapping of Chris Rock — but the host cut him off.“No. You saw what happened,” Corden said.

Will Smith's mother is speaking out about the actor's Oscar win and the viral moment he slapped Chris Rock across the face, just minutes prior. In an interview following the awards show, Carolyn Smith shared how proud she is of her son on his first Oscars win. "I know how he works, how hard he works...I've been waiting and waiting and waiting.

Amy Schumer is making her intentions clear after the 2022 Oscars quickly became controversial.

Zack Sharf Will Smiths’ mother, Carolyn Smith, told Philadelphia’s local ABC affiliate Action News that she has never seen her son lash out the way he did at the 94th Academy Awards, where he took to the stage and slapped Chris Rock. The comedian was presenting the Oscar for documentary feature and made a joke about Jada Pinkett Smith’s bald head. Pinkett Smith has alopecia, which causes hair loss, and shaved her head last year.

While Will Smith slapping Chris Rock sucked the oxygen out of the room during Sunday’s Oscars ceremony, one of the other cringe moments was Amy Schumer, one of three hosts, trying to make a seat filling joke with nominee Kirsten Dunst from “Power of The Dog,” who was sitting next to co-star/husband, Jesse Plemons. Many had assumed the joke was at the expense of Dunst, mainly because of how clumsy it was, but Dunst was aware it was going to happen.

Is Judd Apatow having second thoughts about his very hot take on The Slap??

Richard Williams has broken his silence on the Will Smith and Chris Rock Oscars drama.

the Oscars incident between Will Smith and Chris Rock.Rock appeared at the ceremony at the Dolby Theatre on Sunday (March 27), at which both Smith and Pinkett Smith were present, to hand out the award for Best Documentary Feature.During his appearance, Rock commented that he couldn’t wait to see Pinkett Smith in “G.I. Jane 2”, alluding to her bald head.

Caitriona Balfe's latest project Belfast won Best Original Screenplay at the 94th Academy Awards.