Days after hearing the Oscar slap around the world, celebrities are still sharing their thoughts and feelings about it, including co-hosts Amy Schumer and Wanda Sykes.
In case you missed—but you probably didn’t—during the Oscars on Sunday, Chris Rock made a joke about Jada Pinkett Smith’s bald head (which is due to a medical condition called alopecia), which prompted her husband Will Smith to step up. On stage the comedian was slapped in the face.
The “King Richard” star, who later won Best Actor for his role in the movie, followed up his disapproval of Rock’s words by saying twice: “Keep my wife’s name out of your mouth (expletive).”
Announcing the Academy Award winner for Best Documentary Feature, Rock went on to Questlove for his work on “Summer of Soul.”
On Wednesday, the Academy said Smith was asked to leave the Oscars after slapping a rocker on stage and shouting obscenities, but the actor refused.
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From the startling moment, Rock declined to press charges, the Academy launched a formal review of the incident, Will Smith apologized for his “unacceptable” behavior and Jada Pinkett Smith shared that she was focused on “healing.”
Rock first touched on the situation during a Wednesday comedy show in Boston, calling it “the weird thing” and refusing to talk about it in detail, saying, “If you come to hear it, I’m not…as an entire show I wrote before this weekend.”
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However, the reaction to the incident was loud and widespread, with the stars expressing their support and disappointment.
Here’s what they say:
Oscars host Wanda Sykes felt ‘physical illness’
Sykes told Ellen DeGeneres in an interview on Air on April 7 that she missed the live showdown because she was walking between her trailer and the stage after changing her outfit.
Sykes said, “Then someone showed me the video, and I freaked out for my friend Chris. It was disgusting. I felt sick physically, and I’m still a little traumatized by it.”
In a video clip released from her interview on “The Ellen Show,” Sykes said allowing Smith to stay and accepting his award should not have happened.
“I was like, ‘How gross is this? That’s a wrong message. You assaulted someone and you were escorted out of the building and that’s it. But for them to let it continue, I thought it was disgusting. I wanted to be able to run out (onstage)’ ) after his win and says, “Ah, unfortunately, he won’t be here tonight.”
Sykes said she later met Rock at a party and he apologized to her.
“I’m like, ‘Why are you apologizing?'” And he was like, ‘It was supposed to be your night. You, Amy, and Regina, you were all doing a great job. I’m so sorry, this will now be about this.”
Raven-Symoné gave two answers: “I love Mimi” and she is “proud of a will.”
Raven-Symoné focused on the Oscar brawl during an interview with People TV.
When the former Disney star was asked her opinion, she gave two answers: the “politically incorrect” answer, and the other, a “politically correct” answer in which she showed Smith’s support.
After exclaiming “Woo!” She laughed for a moment and said, “I mean, I like M’s, okay?”
However, her “politically correct” response came with little industrial insight.
Simone said: “I’m really proud of Boyle for apologizing, standing up for what he believes in and telling the truth.” “In this industry, we often get an end to a long conversation and the tail end will end in ‘woo!’ A moment or a word … and we take it out of context and explode it.”
The “Raven’s House” actress said that he was “defending his woman” and that while there were “other times to do it,” she still thanked Smith for “making this award so interesting.”
Oscars host Amy Schumer is still traumatized
Overnight Tuesday, Oscars presenter Amy Schumer took to Instagram to say she was “still touched and shocked” by the incident.
The comedian wrote, “I love my friend chrisrock and I think he handled it like a pro. I stayed there and he introduced Oscar to his friend @questlove and the whole thing was so annoying.” “So much pain at willsmith anyway I am still in shock, dazed and sad.”
She added that she was proud of herself and her hosts, Regina Hall and Wanda Sykes, but was still “waiting for that sickening feeling to wear off from what we’ve all seen.”
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Zoe Kravitz does not approve of ‘assaulting people on stage’
Actress Zoe Kravitz made clear her disapproval of the incident when sharing photos of her dresses at the Oscars on Instagram on Tuesday.
She captioned the photo of the dress she wore on the red carpet: “Here’s a picture of myself at the awards show where it looks like we’re assaulting people on stage right now.”
In a second post, this time from her post-party Vanity Fair look, the “Batman” star reiterated her point. “And here’s a picture of my dresses at the party after the awards ceremony – it looks like we’re screaming profanity and assaulting people on stage right now.”
When Smith finished his Best Actor acceptance speech on Sunday, while some celebrities gave him a standing ovation, Kravitz remained seated and looked like he didn’t clap.
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Jim Carrey calls Hollywood ‘weak’
During an appearance on CBS Mornings MondayActor Jim Carrey told Gayle King that he was appalled by the incident, calling it a “selfish moment that overshadowed” the hard work of other nominated actors and creators. He also said that the audience’s immediate reaction to Smith’s win says a lot about the current state of Hollywood.
“I got a standing ovation,” Carey told King. “Hollywood is just collectively weak, and I really felt like that was a clear indication that we’re not the cool club anymore.”
“If you want to shout out from the audience and show disapproval or say something on Twitter, you don’t have the right to go up on stage and hit someone in the face because they said words,” he added.
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Contributing: Elise Brisco, Pamela Avila, Charles Tripani, Jordan Mendoza, Patrick Ryan, Edward Segara, USA TODAY; News agency
