A joke Chris Rock made about Jada Pinkett Smith at the Oscars in 2016 has resurfaced after Will Smith hit him during the latest ceremony.
During the ceremony, Rock made a joke about Smith’s wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, while he was presenting an award.
“Jada, I love you. GI Jane 2, can’t wait to see you,” Rock said, in seeming reference to Pinkett Smith’s shaved head. Last year, Pinkett Smith announced she had shaved her head after being diagnosed with alopecia.
Smith, who went on to win Best Actor for King Richard, walked onto the stage and hit Rock, before returning to his seat and shouting: “Keep my wife’s name out your f***ing mouth.”
Immediately after, Denzel Washington and Tyler Perry could be seen speaking to Smith, with the actor sharing going on to reveal what Washington had said to him after the incident during his winner’s speech.
Rock has a history of making quips at the expense of Pinkett Smith. In 2016, when he presented the ceremony that had been boycott due to its lack of diversity, Rock said: “Jada [Pinkett Smith] boycotting the Oscars is like me boycotting Rihanna’s panties. I wasn’t invited.”
He also said: “It’s not fair that Will was this good and didn’t get nominated. It’s also not fair that Will was paid $20 million for Wild Wild West!”
Discussing the joke the following week, Pinkett Smith told X17: “Hey look, it comes with the territory but we gotta keep it moving. We gotta keep it moving. We gotta keep it moving.”
She continued: “There’s a lot of stuff we gotta handle, a lot of stuff in our world right now. We gotta keep it moving.”
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Will Smith punched Chris Rock at the 2022 Oscars
After Smith hit Rock in the arm at the 2022 Oscars, the comedian, appearing unsettled, said: “Will Smith just smacked the s*** out of me.”
Earlier in the ceremony, Regina Hall – who was hosting the ceremony alongside Amy Schumer and Wanda Sykes – poked fun at Smith and Pinkett Smith’s marriage. The couple could be seen laughing in response.
Elsewhere, Schumer drew gasps from the crowd following a joke she made about Leonardo DiCaprio and his “girlfriends”.
Find the full list of winners at the 2022 Oscars here.
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