Chris Rock has spoken on if he will file charges with the LA Police against Will Smith for slapping him during the 2022 Oscars. And according to him, he will not file criminal charges against Will for dropping a dirty slap on his face. I wasn’t expecting Chris Rock to file charges against Will and this is why people think the slap was just a stunt.
The Daily Mail has details:
Chris Rock has declined to pursue criminal charges against Will Smith after being struck by the actor on Sunday during the 94th Academy Awards in Los Angeles.
Rock, 57, was slapped by Smith, 53, after the comedian cracked a joke about the actor’s wife Jada Pinkett Smith, 50.
A statement from the Los Angeles Police Department read: ‘LAPD investigative entities are aware of an incident between two individuals during the Academy Awards program. The incident involved one individual slapping another. The individual involved has declined to file a police report. If the involved party desires a police report at a later date, LAPD will be available to complete an investigative report.’
Rock was presenting the Oscar for Best Documentary during the event at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood when he joked about Pinkett Smith’s shaved head.
He compared her to the shaved head look of Demi Moore in the 1997 movie G.I. Jane. Pinkett Smith suffers from alopecia and did not laugh at the joke.
Smith then approached the stage and slapped Rock hard across the face with his right hand. ‘Will Smith just smacked the s*** out of me,’ Rock said from the stage after being hit.
Smith returned to his seat next to his wife after the outburst and yelled at the comic.’Keep my wife’s name out of your f***ing mouth!,’ Smith twice shouted at a shocked Rock.
Smith later won the Oscar for Best Actor for his work in King Richard after the incident.
‘I want to apologize to the Academy. I want to apologize to all my fellow nominees. This is a beautiful moment and I’m not crying for winning an award. It’s not about winning an award for me. It’s about being able to shine a light on all of the people,’ Smith said during his acceptance speech.
Real men don’t file police charges are hand to hand combat, only punks do that, so salute to Rock.
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