It’s being reported that Chris Rock’s joke aimed at actor and musician Jada Pinkett Smith at the Oscars was actually an ad-lib.
This means that his joke was not scripted and he came up with it on the spot.
This news comes to us via Variety and it doesn’t put Rock in the best light.
There have been many people questioning whether Rock knew about Jada’s struggles with Alopecia.
The fact that Rock came up with this joke on the spot seems to indicate that he knew about her struggles with the disease and wanted to poke fun at it.
As I mentioned above, it doesn’t put Rock in the best light.
That said, it also doesn’t mean that Will Smith has the right to go up on stage and slap the actor/comedian across the face.
Chris Rock came up with his Jada Pinkett Smith Oscars joke on the spot
Credit: BBC
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It was a shocking thing to do and Smith, rather than shed light on Jada’s struggles and other people who suffer with the disease, resorted to violence.
The best thing for Smith to have done, in hindsight, of course, was to wait and then address the joke when he went up to accept his best actor award for King Richard.
Thing is, Smith wasn’t to know that he would end up taking the Oscar home with him that night.
This all come after it was revealed that Chris Rock wasn’t going to be pressing charges against the actor.
It’s also been revealed that the Academy has opened up an investigation into the incident.
What do you make of this news?
Were you shocked at all by Will Smith’s actions at the Oscars?
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