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Will Smith Hits Chris Rock and Comedians React

Jim Carrey called the Oscar audience “spineless” for giving Smith a standing ovation.

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Jim Carrey.

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Jim Carrey said on CBS Mornings that he was “sickened” by the audience’s standing ovation for Smith, and said that the actor should have been arrested.

“I wish him the best, I really do,’ Carrey said. “I don’t have anything against Will Smith. He’s done great things. But that was not a good moment. It cast a pall over everybody’s shining moment. A lot of people worked really hard to get to that place.”

“And to have their moment in the sun, to get their award for the really hard work they did, it is no mean feat to go through all the stuff you have to go through when you are nominated for an Oscar,” Carrey continued. “It’s a gauntlet of devotion you have to do. It was such a selfish moment that cast a pall over the whole thing.”

Jeffrey Ross said that Chris Rock should “get a Nobel peace prize” for his conduct.

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Jeffrey Ross at the 2022 NFL Alumni Legends party.

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Stand-up comedian Jeffrey Ross, who has alopecia, posted a statement in support of Rock’s conduct during the incident on Instagram.

“I worship Chris Rock,” Ross wrote. “I cried when I saw Smith attack him because I was watching my idol live out a comedians worst nightmare on live television.”

“Rock should get a Nobel peace prize for keeping his hands down and not escalating the situation. Class act,” he continued. “If Jada wasn’t feeling the jokes, Smith should’ve put his arm around her and let Rock finish.”

“Anyway I also have Alopecia,” he wrote. “It sucks. But when people make jokes I laugh because that’s life.”

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Jimmy Kimmel praised the Oscar hosts after the incident.

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Jimmy Kimmel.

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Comedian and television host Jimmy Kimmel redirected focus to the evening’s hosts on Twitter.

“I know the big story is the slap, but congratulations to @amyschumer @iamwandasykes & Regina Hall who were very funny,” Kimmel wrote on Twitter. “I hope that isn’t overshadowed by the unpleasantness.”

Conan O’Brien lamented no longer having his own TV show to discuss the incident.

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Conan O’Brien.


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Comedian and former “Tonight Show” host Conan O’Brien said on Twitter that he wanted to discuss the incident on late-night television.

“Just saw the Will Smith slap,” O’Brien wrote on Twitter. “Anyone have a late night show I can borrow just for tomorrow?”

Emily Heller referenced the NBC miniseries “The Slap” in a tweet.

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Comedian Emily Heller at the 2018 Emmy Awards.

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Comedian Emily Heller tweeted about the incident, referencing the 2015 NBC miniseries “The Slap,” which follows the aftermath of a birthday party in which an adult slaps someone else’s child.

“It’s very stressful to watch someone get sincerely punched in the face it turns out,” she wrote in one tweet.

“If those cowards hadn’t canceled NBC’s The Slap, maybe we’d know how to process this a bit better,” she joked in a subsequent tweet.

The Lucas Bros joked about posting Will Smith jokes in “solidarity with Chris Rock.”

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The Lucas Bros. at the 2021 Academy Awards.

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Comedy duo The Lucas Bros tweeted on their joint account several hours after the Oscars that “every comedian should post a Will Smith joke in solidarity with Chris Rock. I’m not. But every other comedian should.”

“Chris Rock is a comedy ICON who has told jokes at everyone’s expense for three plus decades,” the duo wrote in a later tweet. “He’s earned our respect. If he can get slapped (and humiliated) on national TV for telling a fairly mild joke, anyone can.”

David Spade expressed disbelief that the incident occurred over “a GI Jane joke.”

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David Spade at the 2022 Vanity Fair Oscar Party.

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Comedian David Spade tweeted twice about the incident, commenting on the joke that started it.

“A GI Jane joke???” the actor tweeted on Sunday.

He later responded to a reply on his original tweet that asked why he described the joke as a “GI Jane joke” instead of a “joke about a woman with alopecia.” Pinkett Smith has spoken openly in the past about having alopecia, an autoimmune hair loss disorder.

“Because comedians don’t have a medical chart for everyone in the audience,” Spade replied.

Whitney Cummings tweeted that “when people take jokes literally, society is just over.”

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Whitney Cummings at the July 2021 premiere of “How It Ends.”

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Stand-up comedian Whitney Cummings commented on the incident on Twitter.

“I mean, it’s amazing that twitter attacking comedians for making jokes here about last night don’t see that they’re doing the same shit Will did last night,” Cummings wrote on Twitter on Monday. “When people take jokes literally, society is just over.”

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