Ok! Everyone has heard about the SLAP that Will Smith gave to Chris Rock during the Academy Awards. I am really on the fence about it from what I understand Jada has a scalp medical condition. On the flip side Chris IS a Comedian and may make fun of you, PERIOD! I did a live panel on this, and there are so many mixed views about this situation. Some feel like Will was at his breaking point having gone through so much drama and tension already in regard to his wife (Jada Pinkett-Smith‘s) “entanglement” with August Alsina. After Chris’s GI Jane joke. Will was clearly laughing until he saw Jada’s reaction to the Joke. This clearly took him over the edge. We know it is a husband’s duty to be the protector for his wife. The question that stands right now, could Will have dealt with this in a different way and took the high road? Of course! However, it would not have been as exciting for the world. The Academy feels as if Will Smith not only stole on Chris, but he stole the whole Awards show. No one was really focused on the awards after the slap or paying attention to who had achieved what! The whole place was still very tense and caught up on what just happened. Academy leaders were upset and outraged by Will’s behavior, and are deciding on Will’s future. There was a letter to CNN from Academy President David Rubin and CEO Dawn Hudson that says the group is working on a “determination” on “appropriate action” for Smith, which could “take a few weeks.” See the CNN article here. Jim Carey was one Actor who said he was “Sickened’ by the standing ovation Will was given afterwards. On the other hand Comedian Tiffany Hadish agrees Will should have stood up for Jada.

 

Was this bad conduct? Yes. Could this have been handled in a different way to get a clear point across to Chris? Yes. There are so many things we just don’t know looking from the outside in. We also don’t know what Will and Jada are facing in their private lives. There are so many moving parts to this situation and so many variables that lead to this outcome. From doing my research there are ways to have handled this situation in the moment and afterwards to make it clear that Rock was wrong for that joke. Just the idea that someone is talking about Jada period could have sent him over the edge. They have been through so much with the media and their personal situation. People can only take so much yawl. They are only human. Celebrities are imperfect, and they feel and bleed like the rest of us.

This incident has gone from the Oscars, to “Jerry Springer Show” (figuratively speaking), now to The White House! I think this is going way too far by making it a political situation. Just let the Academy follow their policy and due process of dealing with this incident.

Here are a few ways Will Smith could have dealt with that situation:

1.) He could have put his serious face on and shook his head in dis-approval of the joke to let Chris know it was highly inappropriate.

2.) He could have addressed the Media and told him how upset his wife was about the joke due to medical reasons.

3.) He could have requested a public apology from Chris after the Awards show and shown some restraint during the show.

4.) My thoughts… Will could have requested a public boxing match with Chris to defend his wife’s honor. Let them duel it out properly. Its a time and place for everything!

5.) Will could have simply not laughed, and tackled the disrespectful moment after the show.

What do you think Will should have done in this situation?

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