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Joe Rogan: Will Smith slapping Chris Rock at Oscars for ‘mild joke’ was a ‘foolish impulse’

Joe Rogan thinks Will Smith was out of line for slapping Chris Rock at the Oscars.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Katherine Ryan says Will Smith should ‘stay home’ if he can’t take a joke after Oscars slap

Katherine Ryan shared her opinion on the Oscars slap

Evening Standard

Zoë Kravitz faces backlash for her reaction to Will Smith’s Oscars slap

The actress has been accused of not wanting to be associated with Black culture

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Jim Carrey suggests Will Smith should have been arrested after slapping Chris Rock

Carrey has also said he would have sued Smith for $200m

Bristol Post

James Corden makes savage dig at Will Smith as he parodies his Chris Rock Oscars slap

James Corden couldn't resisting poking fun at the Oscars moment everyone is still talking about during Monday's edition of The Late, Late Show. The British star told his audience Will Smith 'couldn't take a joke', after performing a savage sketch about the infamous slap

Daily Mirror

Will Smith's 'threat' to Spanish TV host who told Jada Pinkett Smith she was beautiful

An old clip of Will Smith raising his hand to a TV presenter and warning him to be careful what he says about Jada has resurfaced after he slapped Chris Rock at the Oscars

Daily Mirror

Chris Rock’s Ego Death World Tour ticket sales soar after Oscars slap

The comedian is set to perform in the UK for the first time in five years

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First Thing: Zelenskiy voices doubt on Russian military withdrawals

President says positive signs from talks ‘do not drown out the explosions of Russian shells’. Plus, meet the new generation of stoners

The Guardian - UK

Amy Schumer ‘triggered and traumatised’ by Will Smith Oscars slap incident

Schumer and co-host Wanda Sykes voice upset at actor and the Academy, while ticket sales for victim Chris Rock rapidly spike

The Guardian - UK

LZ Granderson: Will Smith was wrong to hit Chris Rock. But I understand

It's not right.

Los Angeles Times

GI Jane hairstylist says Chris Rock’s joke did not warrant Jada Pinkett Smith’s eye roll

Enzo Angileri says Red Table Talk host’s shaved head looks ‘so regal’

The Independent UK

Oscars co-host Amy Schumer ‘still triggered and traumatised’ after Oscars slap

The comedian has posted on social media about the on-stage fracas between Will Smith and Chris Rock.

The Independent UK

Inside Jada Pinkett Smith's drug dealer past and close friendship with Tupac Shakur

Jada Pinkett Smith has previously opened up about how she was a drug dealer during her school days and when she met rapper Tupac Shakur, long before she met her husband Will

Daily Mirror

OJ Simpson says Will Smith was wrong to attack Chris Rock at Oscars

The former NFL player, who was acquitted for the murder of his former wife and her friend, has weighed in on the situation

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The Independent UK

Zoë Kravitz criticises Will Smith for slapping Chris Rock at the Oscars

Other celebrities to have condemned Smith for his actions include Jim Carrey, Joe Rogan, and Adam Sandler

ABC News

Will Smith's brain-snap Oscars slap flipped the script on his image, which suits the bias of some

Black rights activists explain how the public narrative around Will Smith's public spat with Chris Rock at the Oscars has troubling political and racial undercurrents.

Daily Mirror

Piers Morgan says he would have slapped Alex Beresford if he hadn't stormed off GMB set

Former GMB host Piers Morgan took to Twitter to give his opinion on the shocking moment Will Smith smacked Chris Rock live on air at the Oscars

Wales Online

Chris Rock ticket sales soar after Will Smith slap at Oscars

Rock was slapped onstage by Smith at the Oscars after he made a joke about the actor’s wife Jada Pinkett Smith

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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 Record

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 Mirror

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

Tribune News Service

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.

The Independent UK

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

Daily Mirror

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

The Independent UK

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

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