[Epoch Times, April 12, 2022](Epoch Times reporter Tong Yijia comprehensive report) At the 94th Academy Awards, comedy star Chris Rock (Chris Rock), who was the presenter, was arrested for a funny joke. He was slapped in the face by Hollywood star Will Smith and shocked the world. The incident caused Smith to be punished by the American Academy of Film Arts, and Chris Rock recently laughed at himself on the talk show “listening is back”.
Chris Rock, 57, presented the Best Documentary Award at the Oscars on the evening of March 27 and made a star joke about the bald look of Will Smith’s actor wife. Smith, who was eager to protect his wife, rushed to the stage angrily and slapped him heavily. At that time, the Oscar broadcast was urgently silenced, and the scene was super embarrassing.
Although Chris Rock couldn’t hide his shock after being slapped, he still finished the awards as if nothing had happened.
After the slap incident, Will Smith also issued an apology statement on Instagram on March 28, calling his behavior at the Oscars “unacceptable and unforgivable” and took the initiative to the Academy of Motion. Picture Arts and Sciences) resigned from membership and said it “accepts any further disciplinary consequences as the board deems fit”.
The Board of Directors of the Academy of Film Arts announced on April 8: “Will Smith will not be allowed to participate in the Academy Awards for the next 10 years.” Will Smith issued a brief statement, expressing acceptance and respect for the decision of the Academy of Film Arts.
Although the outside world had different reactions to the incident, many Hollywood stars supported Chris Rock and hoped that he would express his opinion on this, but he refused one by one. Especially two weeks after the incident, Chris Rock joked on the talk show on April 9: “I’m fine, I have a full show, and I won’t talk about it until I get paid.” And laughed at himself: “(This slap) brought my hearing back.”
According to the information of the American ticket trading software “TickPick”, after Chris Rock was beaten, the number of tickets for his personal talk show sold in one night was more than the sum of the sales in the past month, not only many shows were sold out , and the price of scalper tickets has soared. The original minimum ticket price of 46 US dollars has risen to 341 US dollars. So some people ridiculed Chris Rock “because he was beaten and became a winner”.
Responsible editor: Ye Ziwei