On hearing a 'Joke' about his wife's alopecia, Will Smith was caught between a Rock and a hard place. My advice (£100 for 20 minute session) would've been to walk on stage and grab Chris Rock by the short and Curlies ( his head to be clear) and shout out you 'lucky Mother Fucker'. This response would've been more appropriate.
Ricky Gervais is feeling lucky and Jimmy Carr is Gutted that he didn't say the 'Joke' first.
STAGED for me. The camera angle changed when he slapped him. Like they do in WWE. His recovery from a solid person slapping him forcefully was too fast as it would still knock your breathing for a few seconds.
Someone mocks your wife’s disease you’re chinning em right?
My other observation is I’d bet top dollar Ricky Gervais and Piers Morgan amongst other “it’s just jokes” mob wouldn’t have a crack at will smiths wife..
Think the pair of them have been described as pretty good friends in the past. Seeing as the Oscars (and other awards) are hosted like one of those celebrity "roasts" that the yanks love so much, everyone there will know/expect to be fair game, Ricky Gervais absolutely destroyed people when he has been hosting. So if it was genuine, bit of a sad reaction really.
Meh, fake or not it's nothing like the boxing match it was described as.... Sums up the Oscars perfectly these days "massive bore fest let down"
Someone mocks your wife’s disease you’re chinning em right?
My other observation is I’d bet top dollar Ricky Gervais and Piers Morgan amongst other “it’s just jokes” mob wouldn’t have a crack at will smiths wife..
So hitting people is the way forward then. Perhaps Jada could have had her say?
Someone mocks your wife’s disease you’re chinning em right?
My other observation is I’d bet top dollar Ricky Gervais and Piers Morgan amongst other “it’s just jokes” mob wouldn’t have a crack at will smiths wife..
So hitting people is the way forward then. Perhaps Jada could have had her say?
Not a chance in hell that was staged. Disney just wouldn’t have it. And apart from giving the show more eyeballs there was nothing else to gain from it.
Rock and Smith both come out looking stupid.
As said above I think Smith took it in jest until he saw her reaction. It’s a bit of a shitty joke (especially if he knew of her alopecia) although not bad enough for a public slapping. Goes to show the man’s colossal ego to walk on stage and throw a slap instead of wait until after!
Someone mocks your wife’s disease you’re chinning em right?
My other observation is I’d bet top dollar Ricky Gervais and Piers Morgan amongst other “it’s just jokes” mob wouldn’t have a crack at will smiths wife..
So hitting people is the way forward then. Perhaps Jada could have had her say?
Perhaps (if it was real, which I doubt) Jada said 'Do something Will'
Not a joke in great taste given it's a disease she's suffering from but the proportionate response isn't to stroll up and slap someone. What this will do is let quite a few entitled people feel that every time they're offended by something a comedian says they can hop up on the stage and give them a slap. Probably not an issue at a Jimmy Carr show where security will be wise to it but I do feel a bit for stand-up comedians working in small clubs after this. Got some new material you want to try out? Better hope someone doesn't take offence because we hop on stage for things we don't like now! And if the response to that is 'well don't say anything the audience might not like' then congratulations, everything is now Michael McIntyre. Embrace death.
Having watched it a couple of times it does look staged but the verbal stuff looks more genuine.
That's why a big name good actor was used as part of the stage rather than someone of Eastenders quality.
You of all people would know to be fair!
Dick
And you know it wasn't staged?
Will Smith is an A list celeb, it's so cringeworthy that if he was given time to think and consider that there's no way him or his management would agree to do it.
Having watched it a couple of times it does look staged but the verbal stuff looks more genuine.
That's why a big name good actor was used as part of the stage rather than someone of Eastenders quality.
You of all people would know to be fair!
Dick
And you know it wasn't staged?
Will Smith is an A list celeb, it's so cringeworthy that if he was given time to think and consider that there's no way him or his management would agree to do it.
I also think if it was staged, they wouldn't have picked such a "mean" joke. A joke about a woman's appearance isn't exactly how I would stage it.
Having watched it a couple of times it does look staged but the verbal stuff looks more genuine.
That's why a big name good actor was used as part of the stage rather than someone of Eastenders quality.
You of all people would know to be fair!
Dick
And you know it wasn't staged?
Will Smith is an A list celeb, it's so cringeworthy that if he was given time to think and consider that there's no way him or his management would agree to do it.
I also think if it was staged, they wouldn't have picked such a "mean" joke. A joke about a woman's appearance isn't exactly how I would stage it.
The slap looked like something out of a wrestling ring. The response after when Will Smith sat back down looked genuine. The wife didnt look impressed with the joke so I'm assuming it's all legit.
Having watched it a couple of times it does look staged but the verbal stuff looks more genuine.
That's why a big name good actor was used as part of the stage rather than someone of Eastenders quality.
You of all people would know to be fair!
Dick
And you know it wasn't staged?
Will Smith is an A list celeb, it's so cringeworthy that if he was given time to think and consider that there's no way him or his management would agree to do it.
I also think if it was staged, they wouldn't have picked such a "mean" joke. A joke about a woman's appearance isn't exactly how I would stage it.
It would need to be convincingly offensive, no?
I get where you are coming from, but on balance I just don't think this is staged. I wouldn't go definitive, but on the balance of probabilities I think its legit.
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Ricky Gervais is feeling lucky and Jimmy Carr is Gutted that he didn't say the 'Joke' first.
My other observation is I’d bet top dollar Ricky Gervais and Piers Morgan amongst other “it’s just jokes” mob wouldn’t have a crack at will smiths wife..
Meh, fake or not it's nothing like the boxing match it was described as.... Sums up the Oscars perfectly these days "massive bore fest let down"