Will Smith could have made a different choice.

[Lilifer]

He had several moments to think about it as he made his way up to the podium. He could have calmly taken the mircrophone from Chris Rocks hand and addressed the audience on behalf of himself and Jada to say that joke was unacceptable (which it was) and then he could have invited Chris Rock to make a public apology there and then, which CR would have had to do , would have had no choice really, then WS could have returned to his seat dignity intact, showing the world how words rather than violence can be used to good effect, and this silly ugly petulant toxic masculinity nonsense could have been avoided. He revealed a very ugly side to himself. He should have been escorted out of that event for that behaviour.

Jesus, there are some aggressive buggers on here today. Small wonder they’re insisting Everyone has done it. (Lost their temper and acted badly.)

@MurmuratingStarling

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This sounded pretty bad when I first read it, but then I replaced Chris Rock and Will Smith with Rhianna and Chris Brown, and it’s just horrific.

What are you saying then?

That assault is okay because everyone loses their temper, or that assault is okay in certain situations, or that assault is only okay between adults or those of the same sex.

Can you please clarify because I’m in shock at your post.

[quote MurmuratingStarling]@Lilifer Oooh you do NOT like it that people are challenging you DO you?[/quote]
Go have a cuppa and a lie down maybe. 😊

he laughed along with the joke until his wife told him it wasn't funny. He obviously needed telling.

Where is this footage of Jada saying anything?

As Daniel Radcliffe was saying this morning, you just laugh at these awards, doesn't mean you find anything funny. He said this after he was pushed for an answer by Susanna. But kudos on him for saying he did see it, he won't really comment, he is tired of everyone's hot take on this.

@MurmuratingStarling

Bore off *@Femalewoman* there's a poppet. You do'nt post on AIBU and then cry and throw your toys out of the pram because people disagree.

Grow up. You sound as ludicrous as the OP.

Calling me a poppet because I have a different opinion. Are you 6 years old. I thought you didn't like the OP's post . You seem to be spending a lot of time on something you said was pointless.

I agree with the OP there you go, we all have different opinions on how to handle the situation, that's life. You don't agree, there you go, so what.

Chris Rock could have made a different choice

@Samcro

Chris Rock could have made a different choice

They both could. Two wrongs don’t make a right.

Gosh, this subject is so drab now. They’re both arseholes, neither are innocent. There’s never any excuse for violence but Chris Rock is no angel either. Will was actually laughing at the joke until he saw his wife’s face.

What an entertaining thread this has turned out to be

@Samcro

Chris Rock could have made a different choice

He could have. He didn't.

Doesn't excuse Will Smith's violence though. You don't have the right to smack someone because they made a joke you don't like.

How many threads are there going to be about this?

Why does OP keeping telling another poster to get a cuppa?

@Samcro

Chris Rock could have made a different choice

I don't think he even apologised to Jada.

I can't believe Chris Rock is 57! That's the most surprising part of the whole thing for me.

@PenguinPup

He acted in the heat of the moment. He wasn't thinking rationally enough to make the choice you suggest OP. Unfortunately.

Err, if he acted in the heat of the moment, he’d have hit him straight away. He waited til he was collecting the award. Plenty of time to think about it.

@SartresSoul

Gosh, this subject is so drab now. They’re both arseholes, neither are innocent. There’s never any excuse for violence but Chris Rock is no angel either. Will was actually laughing at the joke until he saw his wife’s face.

Agree. He was laughing and seemed to enjoy the joke until he turned to look at his wife.

The joke was in poor taste but hitting him across the face is wrong. There will be consequences from the Academy since otherwise they are showing that violence is ok and then refusing to leave when asked to do so is also ok. I think that WS looked a bit odd in his whole demeanour, laughing then calm then hitting out then swaggering back and then the swearing then crying...... very odd behaviour.

Why are people still starting threads about this? 🙄

Err, if he acted in the heat of the moment, he’d have hit him straight away. He waited til he was collecting the award. Plenty of time to think about it.

Erm...no you've completely misunderstood what happened!

He did hit him straight away. Not when he collected the award.

Err, if he acted in the heat of the moment, he’d have hit him straight away. He waited til he was collecting the award.

Err, no he didn't @Katya213

I don't think he even apologised to Jada

Why would he?

Jada should just be grateful that he isn’t pressing charges against her husband. I certainly would be!

@Canyouanswermyquestion

Why are people still starting threads about this? 🙄

Because daytime tv shows are still talking about it

Why are people still starting threads about this? 🙄

Because they're interested? It was quite an unusual turn of events, but less depressing/anxiety-inducing to think about than lots of other things going on at the moment.

@Canyouanswermyquestion

Why are people still starting threads about this? 🙄

Because people are still commenting about it, IRL, on TV and on these threads

@mistermagpie

I think if Will Smith had walked on stage, took the microphone and said 'look - make fun of me for being a bad actor or because you don't like me or whatever, that's fine. But making fun of my wife, on international TV, about a medical condition over which she has no control and which she is trying to come to terms with in a dignified way is childish and unacceptable' then he would be the hero.

As it is, he made a fool of himself and Jada, who was already being laughed at, and made the issue about him rather than about Chris's unpleasant joke.

It's always better to take the high road and that doesn't mean sitting there pretending to laugh while someone is mean to your partner, he had an opportunity to address the joke in a really mature way and chose to do something else.

What I find odd is that while Jadas reaction to the joke was negative, he appeared to be laughing at first.

Until he looked at his wife he appeared uncomfortable but trying to laugh it off!I think CR is a low horrid man and it was a cheap and vile joke, I think WS action was extreme, stupid and he could have handled it better. Just looking at Jada, her body language etc I was mortified, maybe because I have to read body language day in/out I could see just how awful this was for her. However we don't know about Jada and the struggle that her diagnosis will have caused her, she very well may have been really suffering prior and put on her work face, we can't agree with violence as it solves nothing, but we also can't know how we'd react in the situation as we are unaware of background facts.