Californian Elitist
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Thank you SO MUCH for pointing this out. I wanted to mention this, but I didn’t have the energy for it.
Thank you.
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Thank you.
CaptinEO
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Hahahaha! What world you living in?
CaptinEO
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They shouldve kicked him out of the venue at the very least.
The fact he just hung out there after hitting a man is so crazy to myself and millions of others.
Californian Elitist
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I should ask you the very same question.
Do finish reading the rest of the responses.
CaptinEO
Well-Known Member
I have to agree with you. He was dancing at an oscars after party all night and its on video. He wasn't regretful or remorseful until the bad PR came in. He apologized to the academy but then when on his messiah type rant thing about being the protector of women.Yeah, funny how widespread Day After outrage and an investigation of him by the Academy can do that, isn't it?
I don't think there's enough rolling eye emoji's on the Internet to respond to that "Sorry, not sorry cause you were mean" prepared statement his publicist wrote for him this afternoon.
And he ends it with... "I am a work in progress." He's 53 years old!
Either some people are way too forgiving of their favorite celebrities or they have standards so low that they aren't bothered.
If a person slugs a person in the face it's an assault and a crime.
CaptinEO
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Regardless of what Will thinks of himself as a role model to the world, the damage is done.
His career isn't going to recover for it. How tragic he did this on the night he won an academy award too. Yikes. No way can he look at his oscar with pride in his home, it's going to represent this ugly mess.
Will King Richard still advertise the Oscar wins on the front? He soured this whole film about women he claimed he was trying to protect.
King Richard himself said he does not condone Will Smith's violence. It's embarassing.
It's a very sad situation. One brash decision can ruin a lot of great things and this is a perfect example.
His career isn't going to recover for it. How tragic he did this on the night he won an academy award too. Yikes. No way can he look at his oscar with pride in his home, it's going to represent this ugly mess.
Will King Richard still advertise the Oscar wins on the front? He soured this whole film about women he claimed he was trying to protect.
King Richard himself said he does not condone Will Smith's violence. It's embarassing.
It's a very sad situation. One brash decision can ruin a lot of great things and this is a perfect example.
Californian Elitist
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The dramatics continue.
Will Smith and his career will likely be fine.
Will Smith and his career will likely be fine.
TP2000
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Exactly. That he was able to switch instantly between laughing-at-joke-about-wife-in-VIP-Section-At-Oscars to physically assaulting a comedian on national TV is scary. They're both in need of serious mental health therapy, as many people now assume.
At the Oscars? Or any industry awards show ever? Or even an office Christmas party? Because I haven't.
There's a difference between a bunch of fraternity guys in a dive bar at Last Call, and the Oscar's. Or at least, there used to be until last night when Will Smith single handedly dragged the Oscar's down to that trashy dive bar level.
It was very weird. We all saw it. And we all can rewatch it endlessly in 4K on YouTube. There was something unhealthy there. They both need to get help. Quickly.
Yes. Most definitely.
Again, it wasn't a dive bar in a Midwest college town at 2am with two warring fraternities. It was the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences annual awards show in the Dolby Theatre. Also known as The Oscars. Broadcast live on national television. On ABC. In 4K.
The physical violence Will Smith inflicted on an Oscars host, regardless of how tacky the comedian's hairdo joke was, is unacceptable. At least it used to be, when American society had standards and morality. Many of us refuse to be dragged down into the violent muck that Will and Jada Smith apparently live in. We have standards. You have to behave a certain way in public. Storming on stage and sucker slapping a comedian is not acceptable. Never will be.
It seems Will Smith, as of 5pm Pacific Time the Day After, also now agrees with me and most of us here in this thread, and thank God most of us in this country. But only after the Academy opened an official investigation into his behavior and might take the little statue away from him. I doubt that will happen. He'll keep his statue and ramble on in his diminished career through his 50's and 60's. But it's telling how quickly his tune changes within 18 hours once saner and more mature heads prevail.
Will Smith Apologizes to Chris Rock for Oscars Slap: ‘I Was Out of Line and I Was Wrong’
Will Smith has issued an apology after slapping Chris Rock at the Oscars.
variety.com
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CaptinEO
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I'm sure he has plenty of money and will still be able to get work, but his reputation is forever tarnished. The Oscars is a major event and this is headline news with the majority overwhelmingly shocked at his behavior.
Californian Elitist
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CaptinEO
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The 1989 Oscars opening number disasters is brought up every year during award season, and no one got assaulted in that, it was just a gaudy over the top musical number.
Will Smith will always be known as the guy who punched someone during the oscars and it will be brought up every year as the worst oscar moment.
Maybe the young lady who played Snow White in 1989 and Rob Lowe finally have relief.
Californian Elitist
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Lol @ “the worst Oscar moment.” This incident is actually bringing up other previous Oscar moments that were arguably much worse on social media and in articles. They are serving as nice reminders that the Academy has let worse things slide.
No.
TP2000
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Apparently the Academy leadership was scrambling to figure out what to do. But the decision makers were all sitting in the audience themselves in various levels of the theater, and they logistically couldn't convene fast enough to make the move to have Dolby Theatre Security and Academy management ask him to leave. And it all played out in less than 30 minutes, in real time, with a live TV show happening.
Which, in the Academy's defense, I understand from a logistics standpoint on what was supposed to be their biggest night of the year. Especially after the last year had been effectively cancelled because of Covid.
It would be like asking a quorum of very busy dwarves to decide what to do about Santa being too drunk to fly on Christmas Eve at 11:45PM, and Mrs. Claus was taking a bubble bath and just kept saying "Calgon, take me away!".
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Academy 'seriously discussed' removing Will Smith from Oscars after slap, source says
The Academy seriously considered removing Will Smith from the Oscars ceremony after he slapped Chris Rock on stage, a source tells EW.
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It doesn't matter how horrible the jokes were. It doesn't matter if they scream a personalized version of the devil's speech from the Exorcist at you. You do not answer words with physical violence. Period.
Practical Pig
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Apparently the Academy leadership was scrambling to figure out what to do. But the decision makers were all sitting in the audience themselves in various levels of the theater, and they logistically couldn't convene fast enough to make the move to have Dolby Theatre Security and Academy management ask him to leave. And it all played out in less than 30 minutes, in real time, with a live TV show happening.
Which, in the Academy's defense, I understand from a logistics standpoint on what was supposed to be their biggest night of the year. Especially after the last year had been effectively cancelled because of Covid.
It would be like asking a quorum of very busy dwarves to decide what to do about Santa being too drunk to fly on Christmas Eve at 11:45PM, and Mrs. Claus was taking a bubble bath and just kept saying "Calgon, take me away!".
Academy 'seriously discussed' removing Will Smith from Oscars after slap, source says
The Academy seriously considered removing Will Smith from the Oscars ceremony after he slapped Chris Rock on stage, a source tells EW.ew.com
Yep. Thanks for the link supporting my supposition.
CaptinEO
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I'd love to see the things that supposedly top this. Not even the 15 minute Snow White Las Vegas show tune with Rob Lowe is worse than this.
Disney Irish
Premium Member
Exactly. That he was able to switch instantly between laughing-at-joke-about-wife-in-VIP-Section-At-Oscars to physically assaulting a comedian on national TV is scary. They're both in need of serious mental health therapy, as many people now assume.
At the Oscars? Or any industry awards show ever? Or even an office Christmas party? Because I haven't.
There's a difference between a bunch of fraternity guys in a dive bar at Last Call, and the Oscar's. Or at least, there used to be until last night when Will Smith single handedly dragged the Oscar's down to that trashy dive bar level.
It was very weird. We all saw it. And we all can rewatch it endlessly in 4K on YouTube. There was something unhealthy there. They both need to get help. Quickly.
Yes. Most definitely.
Again, it wasn't a dive bar in a Midwest college town at 2am with two warring fraternities. It was the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences annual awards show in the Dolby Theatre. Also known as The Oscars. Broadcast live on national television. On ABC. In 4K.
The physical violence Will Smith inflicted on an Oscars host, regardless of how tacky the comedian's hairdo joke was, is unacceptable. At least it used to be, when American society had standards and morality. Many of us refuse to be dragged down into the violent muck that Will and Jada Smith apparently live in. We have standards. You have to behave a certain way in public. Storming on stage and sucker slapping a comedian is not acceptable. Never will be.
It seems Will Smith, as of 5pm Pacific Time the Day After, also now agrees with me and most of us here in this thread, and thank God most of us in this country. But only after the Academy opened an official investigation into his behavior and might take the little statue away from him. I doubt that will happen. He'll keep his statue and ramble on in his diminished career through his 50's and 60's. But it's telling how quickly his tune changes within 18 hours once saner and more mature heads prevail.
Will Smith Apologizes to Chris Rock for Oscars Slap: ‘I Was Out of Line and I Was Wrong’
Will Smith has issued an apology after slapping Chris Rock at the Oscars.
Actually yes I've seen it before, even between two actors.
Jerry Lawler smacked Andy Kaufman on David Letterman:
While it ended up being staged between the two at the time that wasn't known, it was however a real smack live on TV.
CaptinEO
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Wow very interesting! Did not know this information!Apparently the Academy leadership was scrambling to figure out what to do. But the decision makers were all sitting in the audience themselves in various levels of the theater, and they logistically couldn't convene fast enough to make the move to have Dolby Theatre Security and Academy management ask him to leave. And it all played out in less than 30 minutes, in real time, with a live TV show happening.
Which, in the Academy's defense, I understand from a logistics standpoint on what was supposed to be their biggest night of the year. Especially after the last year had been effectively cancelled because of Covid.
It would be like asking a quorum of very busy dwarves to decide what to do about Santa being too drunk to fly on Christmas Eve at 11:45PM, and Mrs. Claus was taking a bubble bath and just kept saying "Calgon, take me away!".
Academy 'seriously discussed' removing Will Smith from Oscars after slap, source says
The Academy seriously considered removing Will Smith from the Oscars ceremony after he slapped Chris Rock on stage, a source tells EW.
This sounds like a really bad drill for them and we can only hope they learned their lesson. The decision makers need to be ble to make decisions and shouldnt be hanging out partying during the sho.
Thanks for sharing.
In everyone's eyes besides the few people the defend violent attackers, they absolutely failed in their (lack of) decision making.
Centauri Space Station
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Do you work in the mental health field?