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During the 94th Academy Awards on March 27, 2022, actor Will Smith walked onstage and assaulted comedian Chris Rock by slapping him across the face during Rock's presentation for Best Documentary Feature.
A look at what happened in the aftermath of the "slap heard 'round the world" from the March 2022 Oscars, in which Will Smith slapped Chris Rock.
A year after Will Smith slapped him on the stage of the Academy Awards ceremony, Chris Rock ended what has been mostly silence to unload on the actor, characterizing him as a coward who may...
Mar 29, 2022 · Will Smith slapped Chris Rock onstage at the Oscars after taking offense to a joke he told about Smith’s wife, Jada Pinkett-Smith.
Apr 7, 2022 · Who asked Will Smith to leave? Why did he refuse? What did Chris Rock do backstage? What comes next? We piece together an Oscars scandal like no other.
Mar 5, 2023 · Comedian Chris Rock finally addressed, what has largely been dubbed as “the slap heard around the world,” nearly a year after actor Will Smith slapped the comedian on stage at the 2022 Academy ...
Mar 29, 2022 · Will Smith has publicly apologized to Chris Rock for slapping him across the face on the Oscars stage Sunday night. "Violence in all of its forms is poisonous and destructive. My behavior at...
Mar 30, 2022 · LOS ANGELES — The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences said Wednesday that the actor Will Smith was asked to leave the Oscars ceremony after he slapped Chris Rock onstage Sunday night, but...
Jul 29, 2022 · In a video posted online Friday, Oscar-winning actor Will Smith — making his most extensive public comments since he slapped Chris Rock at the Academy Awards in March — apologized directly to...
Apr 8, 2022 · Will Smith has been banned from the Oscars for 10 years after slapping Chris Rock live on camera during the award show, the New York Times reports.