Will Smith slaps presenter who teased his bald-headed wife at the Oscars

Inappropriate joke on Smith’s wife referring to Demi Moore’s shaved movie

Enraged Smith swears at comedian for ‘don’t say wife’s name’

(Los Angeles = Yonhap News) Correspondent Yoon-seop Jeong = At ​​the Academy Awards ceremony, there was a dizzying situation in which Will Smith slapped a presenter for making fun of his wife’s hair loss.

Comedian Chris Rock took the stage as the presenter of the Documentary Award at the 94th Annual Awards Ceremony held at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles (LA), USA on the 27th (local time) and joked about the hairstyle of Will Smith’s wife Jada Pinkett Smith as the subject matter. did

Rock looked at Smith and his wife Jada, who were sitting side by side in the audience, and said, “Jada. I love you. I want to see the second part of ‘G.I. Jane’ soon.”

‘G.I. Jane’ (1997) starred Hollywood star Demi Moore in the role of a Navy SEAL female soldier and featured scenes of Moore’s actual shave.

When Rock recalled Moore’s shaved head and joked about Jada, who had suffered from hair loss, Jada immediately put on a displeased expression. Jada publicly revealed her hair loss symptoms in 2018.

While listening to Rock’s joke with a smile, Smith suddenly sprinted up the stage and punched Rock in the face, and a ‘pop’ sound resounded throughout the awards ceremony.

At this, the attendees thought of this commotion as a pre-written script and laughed.

However, upon returning to the audience, Smith cursed Rock several times with an angry expression and shouted out loud, “Don’t mention your wife’s name.”

It was then that the left, realizing that the situation was real, became quiet as if they had poured cold water on them.

Smith was in tears after the commotion, and co-stars Denzel Washington and Tyler Perry comforted and calmed Smith while the broadcast was cut off and the commercial aired.

Sean Combs, who was on the next stage as a presenter, grabbed the microphone and started mediating.

“Smith and Rock will solve this issue like a family,” he said, suggesting a reconciliation between the two.

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