Will Smith Assaults Chris Rock at Oscars

I thought it was staged.

I thought the bleeped angry words and weird cuts in the video were staged.

I thought it was an attempt to generate interest in the Oscars because the show is insufferable.

And certainly, if someone really just walked up on stage and hit a performer during a live televised broadcast, then security would immediately drag that person out of the venue. Instead, the perpetrator simply takes his seat, and later gives a tearful acceptance speech after being awarded an Oscar.

I guess it was real. It definitely was an awful moment.

UNCENSORED WILL SMITH FOOTAGE AS SHOWN ON AUSTRALIAN TV pic.twitter.com/NcRfdjWxqe

— David Mack (@davidmackau) March 28, 2022

Here’s the unedited Will Smith slap of Chris Rock. This looks real. They bleeped it all out on the American version. pic.twitter.com/2fIoL05gO8

— Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) March 28, 2022

Today's Cover: Will Smith wins Best Actor Oscar for ‘King Richard’ after Chris Rock punch https://t.co/wYvTovtrI9 pic.twitter.com/Ue2LUINbOC

— New York Post (@nypost) March 28, 2022