Firstly, nobody punched anyone, it was a slap. Far different, and while not ok a slap is nowhere near along the same lines as a punch. But people seem to be saying punched because it adds further drama.
Secondly, what Rock and smith did is the same IMO. Emotional abuse is the same as violence, and essentially mocking someone because of their illness is emotional abuse, so essentially it could be said that Chris Rock threw the first slap.
And I’ve seen elsewhere that the person getting the most abuse over this is Will Smith’s wife, this is what I’ve been reading on twitter and fb: “ Will Smith at this point is completely broken.
He is not the bad guy here.
Jada is pulling all the strings.
She broke down his masculinity on television during a talk about why she cheated on him. Her excuse was “If he loved me enough he would’ve known”.
I think that Will Smith whole heartedly did not care about the joke Chris Rock made at the Oscars, but Jada looks over at Will once the camera pans away, as if to say
“if you dont stand up for me, this is why i cheated”
Keep toxic women out of your life because it can turn nice dudes into monsters”