Whoopi Goldberg Says Will Smith ‘Overreacted’ By Slapping Chris Rock At The Oscars
etcanada.comWhoopi Goldberg is addressing the infamous slap at the 2022 Academy Awards. The hosts at “The View” reacted to Will Smith slapping Chris Rock at the Oscars, with most of them agreeing the act was uncalled for. “I think he overreacted,” Goldberg said, acknowledging that jokes about Jada Smith and Will had been building over the years with criticism over their open relationship, Jada’s confession to infidelity, and Rock’s jab at the actress during his 2016 Oscars monologue. READ MORE: Will Smith Breaks Down And Apologizes While Accepting Best Actor Oscar “I would’ve been a little annoyed.
I think he had one of those moments where it was just like, ‘GD, it. Just stop,'” she said. “And you’ve got all the pressure of hoping that you’re going to win and trying to keep your face.
I get it. Not everybody acts the way we would like them to under pressure. Some people just snap. He snapped.” Smith would take home the Oscar for Best Actor for his role in “King Richard” later that night.
He apologized during his acceptance speech to the Academy and other nominees for slapping Rock over the joke. While Goldberg condemned the actor’s actions, she praised Rock who played off the incident with a joke. “What I do want to say was that it was remarkable, wonderful, that Chris Rock did not take it to that other place it could’ve gone,” said the comedian. “I don’t know if they spoke or apologized or not.
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