What just happened between Will Smith and Chris Rock at The Oscars on Sunday night?
No one seems to know for sure, but something appeared to happen between the two legendary celebrities on Sunday night.
Smith appeared to hit Rock, perhaps as part of a joke, but things escalated from there, with the audio from the broadcast getting cut off.
In one clip, Smith appeared to be heard telling Rock to “keep my wife’s name out of your f—king mouth.”
😳 #Oscars pic.twitter.com/KI7X3UbLJf
— Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz (@LeBatardShow) March 28, 2022
Was it staged? Was it real?
Everyone on social media, including several sports stars, are pretty stunned and eager to find out what really happened.
Bro……..
— Patrick Mahomes II (@PatrickMahomes) March 28, 2022
Wait, what just happened at the Oscars? That seemed off the script and Chris Rock seemed ji shook
— Troy Haliburton.eth (@TroyHalibur) March 28, 2022
Will Smith and Chris Rock… pic.twitter.com/Bsf0YSS5pX
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) March 28, 2022
Chris Rock: pretty good chin
— Pablo Torre (@PabloTorre) March 28, 2022
Here’s the full clip:
Wildest live TV moment ever? Was this real? Will Smith walks on stage at the #Oscars and hits Chris Rock after he makes a joke about Jada Pinkett Smith. pic.twitter.com/BfJyKCdzUa
— MovieRankings.net (@LightsCameraPod) March 28, 2022
Former NFL star turned college football head coach Deion Sanders also weighed in.
“Did I just see what I just saw! Will Smith punched Chris Rock live on stage !!! Somebody tell me this was a joke. Please. Chris took it like a STANDUP GUY LITERALLY!!! WOW WOW WOW! Lord help us please help us Love each other especially in front of company. #CoachPrime,” he tweeted.
Did I just see what I just saw! @willsmith punched @chrisrock live on stage !!! Somebody tell me this was a joke. Please. Chris took it like a STANDUP GUY LITERALLY!!! WOW WOW WOW! Lord help us please help us Love each other especially in front of company. #CoachPrime
— COACH PRIME (@DeionSanders) March 28, 2022
The Oscars have been hurting for ratings in recent years, so maybe Smith and Rock agreed to do something to up the attention.
If it was staged, it certainly worked. Social media can’t stop talking about the moment right now.
And, if it was real, well, we would like to know a lot more about it.
UPDATE: This appears to be real. Here’s the uncensored video of what happened between Smith and Rock.
VIA JAPANESE TELEVISION: The uncensored exchange between Will Smith and Chris Rock pic.twitter.com/j0Z184ZyXa
— Timothy Burke (@bubbaprog) March 28, 2022
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