Before anyone does something awkward, there is an explanation for it. On Will Smith slapping Chris Rock at the 2022 Oscars, The Daily Mail details their long-running feud, and at the 2016 Oscars, Chris Rock joked about Will’s wife Jada and jibed him over his friendship with his ex. So you see, it didn’t start in 2022.
People think Will Smith slapped Chris Rock because of the anger he harbored over Jada’s entanglement with August Alsina but we could be wrong.
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Will Smith slapping Chris Rock at the Oscars left the audience and viewers at home in a state of shock. But it’s not the first time that the movie star has been antagonized by the comedian. In fact, a feud has been brewing between the pair over the past five years thanks to repeated jokes made at Will’s expense.
When hosting the Oscars back in 2016, Chris got himself into trouble with the actor when he used Will’s wife Jada Pinkett Smith as joke material in his opening monologue. In an opening bit about diversity, Chris, 57, poked fun at Jada, 50, who he has worked with in the animated movie franchise Madagascar, for boycotting the Oscars when Will failed to receive a nomination for the movie Concussion.
‘Jada got mad, said she’s not coming. Jada boycotting the Oscars is like me boycotting Rihanna’s panties. I wasn’t invited,’ Chris said. ‘You get mad. It’s not fair that Will was this good and didn’t get nominated. It’s also not fair that Will was paid $20 million for Wild Wild West.’
‘This year at the Oscars, things are going to be a little different. In the ‘in memoriam’ package it’s just going to be black people who were shot by the cops on their way to the movies. Yes, I said it, all right?’ Following the dig, TMZ had approached Will for comment but he remain silent and refused to answer. But the jibes from Chris didn’t stop there.
Adding further fire to their beef, in 2018 Chris posted a controversial comment about the actor on social media that made light of his previous marriage. Will had posted a photo wishing his ex-wife Sheree Zampino a very happy birthday, and Chris posted a remark that went viral.
Still it was a joke and Will was wrong point-blank.
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