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Chris Rock shared struggle with letting people 'walk all over him' before Will Smith slap

Comedian Chris Rock opened up about his past experiences with bullying in a podcast before he was slapped live on air at the Oscars on Sunday

Daily Mirror

Will Smith behaved like thug from the 50s but it has nothing to do with race

Smith should have been pulled out of that room like any other perpetrator of an assault and driven to the nearest police station.

Daily Record

Will Smith news - live: Actor refused to leave Oscars and now faces disciplinary measures, Academy says

Follow along for updates on the 94th Academy Awards and the biggest night of the 2022 film calendar...

The Independent UK

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Jada Pinkett Smith's fling August Alsina appears to wade into Oscars slap controversy

Will Smith left viewers utterly gobsmacked on Sunday after he leapt on stage and slapped Chris Rock round the face - just minutes before winning an Oscar

Daily Mirror

OJ Simpson thinks Will Smith went a little too far

O.J. Simpson says he understands what Will Smith was feeling when he violently lashed out against Chris Rock — but he thinks the “Concussion” actor went too far.

Tribune News Service

FACT FOCUS: False claims spread in aftermath of Oscars slap

In a moment that shocked audience members and viewers of Sunday’s 94th Academy Awards, best actor nominee Will Smith marched onto the stage and slapped presenter Chris Rock after the comedian made a joke about the appearance of Smith’s wife

The Independent UK

Zoe Kravitz blasts Will Smith over Oscars slap in brutal photo caption

The Batman actress Zoe Kravitz was clearly very unimpressed by Will Smith's behaviour at the Oscars on Sunday

Daily Mirror

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Will Smith would face little more than a slap if charged

Legal experts say Will Smith’s slap seen ’round the world at the Oscars was clearly a crime

The Independent UK

Piers Morgan says watching Will Smith slap Chris Rock on stage was 'riveting'

Former GMB presenter Piers, 56, admitted that he had expected the ceremony to 'turn into a series of evermore unctuous virtue-signalling speeches about Ukraine'

Daily Mirror

"The View" says Will Smith needs therapy

Meanwhile, the actor's mother weighs in on her son's actions, and wife Jada Pinkett Smith calls for healing

Salon

Will Smith's friend claims slap was 'triggered by childhood trauma'

Hollywood actor Will Smith issued a grovelling apology to Chris Rock on Tuesday after walking up onto the Academy Awards stage and slapping him live on air

Daily Mirror

Will Smith and the function of a slap

Something struck me as not quite right about Smith's gesture – he missed a step in the tango of toxic masculinity

Salon

Who was in the wrong in the Will Smith slap of Chris Rock? Let’s go to the polls

According to new polling, 3 in 5 Americans disapprove of Will Smith’s slapping of Chris Rock at the 94th Academy Awards after a poorly received joke about Smith’s wife, actress Jada Pinkett Smith. But there are some groups that think Rock was “more wrong” than Smith in the altercation at…

Los Angeles Times

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar says Will Smith’s slap ‘perpetuated stereotypes’ against Black people

Abdul-Jabbar said “Smith’s tearful, self-serving (Oscar) acceptance speech” was “worse” than the slap: “The speech was about justifying his violence.”

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Daily Mirror

Venus Williams accidentally exposed boobs at the Oscars after Will Smith slap drama

Venus Williams, 41, appeared to try to cover her breast as her plunging neckline veered open during the dramatic night which saw actor Will Smith smack comedian Chris Rock across the face

Daily Mirror

Chris Rock sold more tour tickets after Oscars slap 'than in past month' as sales surge

Chris Rock and Will Smith have been the names on everybody's lips over an altercation at the Oscars awards ceremony over the weekend, following a joke about Jada Pinkett Smith

The Independent UK

Social media explodes during Oscars; TV viewership doesn't

Will Smith's violent slap of Chris Rock during the Academy Awards ceremony had no appreciable difference on the size of the ABC broadcast's television audience

The Independent UK

EXPLAINER: Alopecia 'strips people of their identity'

Alopecia is an autoimmune disorder that affects millions of people around the world

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The Independent UK

Customers react to Fashion Nova text referencing Will Smith slapping Chris Rock at Oscars: ‘Crazy for this one’

‘The Fashion Nova marketing team will stop at nothing,’ one respondent tweets

Daily Mirror

Will Smith reveals Denzel Washington advised him after he hit Chris Rock at Oscars

Will Smith has revealed what Denzel Washington told him during a short ad break after his unexpected outburst when he hit Chris Rock at the Oscars. This came after he jibed at Will's wife Jada

Bangkok Post

A slap in the face of civility

Violence of all forms is destructive and should never be condoned -- a message that should be clear following "the slap" meted out by Will Smith on Oscars host Chris Rock before the King Richard star collected his first Oscar for best actor at the Academy Awards on Sunday night.

Daily Mirror

'Boris Johnson lied over Partygate and continues to deny verifiable facts'

Boris Johnson created a reckless culture in Downing Street where drinks flowed, adding insult to the injury endured by a country largely obeying the laws his regime flouted

Benzinga

Was Chris Rock's 'GI Jane' Oscars Joke In The Script?

A new report says the joke made by Chris Rock during Sunday night’s Academy Awards that triggered Will Smith to approach the comedian during the live broadcast and slap him across the face was not scripted.

Mic

Slim Dunlap, Replacements Guitarist, Dies at 73

Bob 'Slim' Dunlap has died at 73; reflecting on his legacy as guitarist for The Replacements and solo artist.

Los Angeles Times

Will Smith vs. Chris Rock through the eyes of a photographer

LOS ANGELES — Veteran Los Angeles Times photographer Myung J. Chun was on assignment at the 94th Oscars on Sunday, capturing the show with three cameras from within the projection booth at the back of the house (along with about 10 other shooters from various outlets). About two hours in,…

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