News Alert: Will Smith’s shocking onstage slap of Chris Rock overshadowed a historic Oscars win by ‘CODA’
| Smith walked on stage and hit Rock after a joke made by the comic at the expense of Smith's wife, Jada Pinkett Smith. The moment was not planned, said a person close to the Oscars production. Less than an hour later, Smith won the award for best actor and gave an emotional, tear-filled speech during which he apologized to the Academy, but not to Rock. |
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| | | | News Alert | March 27, 11:44 p.m. EDT | | | | | Smith walked on stage and hit Rock after a joke made by the comic at the expense of Smith's wife, Jada Pinkett Smith. The moment was not planned, said a person close to the Oscars production. Less than an hour later, Smith won the award for best actor and gave an emotional, tear-filled speech during which he apologized to the Academy, but not to Rock. | | | | | |
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