Will Smith makes a thinly veiled joke about THAT Chris Rock Oscars coup on the new TikTok, ahead of the one-year anniversary of the incident
Will Smith made a thinly veiled joke about his Oscar slap in a new TikTok video this week, ahead of the one-year anniversary of his assault on Chris Rock.
The 54-year-old actor, who slapped Rock, 58, after he made a joke about Smith’s wife Jada Pinkett Smith’s shaved head, played down the situation when he jumped on a TikTok trend encouraging users to ask an inanimate object what it thinks of you. .
The original video, which Smith duetted with, sees TikToker Sam Rossi claim: ‘This works because everything has a conscience.
‘You can take a pen and ask him how he sees you or what he thinks of you and you will get an answer in your mind from your intuition. You can ask your car what it thinks of you, you can even ask money what it thinks of you.
In the video, Smith picks up his Academy Award for Best Actor, which he picked up that night for his role in King Richard, frowns and begins asking a question before the clip ends.
Incident: Will Smith made a thinly veiled joke about his Oscar slap in a new TikTok video this week, ahead of the one-year anniversary of his assault on Chris Rock.
Moment in history: The actor, 54, slapped Rock, 58, after he made a joke about the shaved head of Smith’s wife, Jada Pinkett Smith (pictured)
Fans were quick to notice the link between the clip and the Oscars slap, with one writing: “Hahaha that’s gold!!!!!!” while a second typed: ‘Bravo! This is classic Will Smith! This is fabulous. Hahaha Always a comedian and we adore you.’
Another wrote: ‘lol very well done. if you can’t make fun of yourself, you’re doing it wrong,” while another wrote: “Oscar: ‘Not mad…just disappointed.’
One follower wrote: ‘Redemption… This summer’s blockbuster starring Will Smith. “It’s not what you say, but what you do!”
Will’s now infamous Oscar slap occurred during the 94th Academy Awards on Monday, March 27. The annual ceremony was hosted by comedians Amy Schumer, Regina Hall and Wanda Sykes.
Among the A-list presenters was comedian Chris Rock, who took the stage during the ceremony to present the award for Best Documentary Feature.
Rock, who was hosting the show, joked that Smith’s wife, Jada, looked like ‘GI Jane’ because of her bald head.
He had recently revealed that he suffers from alopecia.
Will, clearly enraged by the punch, stormed onto the stage and proceeded to slap Rock for pulling the prank.
Interesting: The original video, which Smith duetted with, sees TikToker Sam Rossi claim: ‘This works because everything has a conscience. ‘You can take a pen and ask him how he sees you or what he thinks of you and you will get an answer in your mind from your intuition’
Moment: In the video, Smith picks up his Academy Award for Best Actor, which he picked up last night for his role in King Richard, frowns and begins to ask a question before the clip ends.
Quip: Fans were quick to notice the link between the clip and the Oscars slap, with one writing: ‘Hahaha that’s gold!!!!!!
Smith’s shocking assault came moments before he took home the Best Actor award for his portrayal of tennis superstars Venus and Serena Williams’ devoted father in King Richard.
In a rambling acceptance speech, a sobbing Smith admitted that “love makes you do crazy things,” but tellingly didn’t apologize to Rock for his assault. However, he did apologize to the Academy and his fellow nominees.
In response to the incident, the Academy banned Will for 10 years from the Oscars. In a statement, they stated that the 2022 Academy Awards were “overshadowed by the unacceptable and harmful behavior we saw from Mr. Smith onstage.”
It took Smith four months to issue an apology to Rock, which came in the form of an emotional YouTube video.
Chris, I apologize. My behavior was unacceptable and I am here whenever you are ready to talk,” she said directly to the camera. Smith noted that he had since reached out to Rock, but the comedian wasn’t ready.
Will has been working hard to rehabilitate his squeaky clean image by speaking openly about that “awful night” and admitting to his misdeeds.