The clashes between Chris Rock and Will Smith seem to have started long before last night’s Oscars 2022.
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In 2016, Rock ran the Academy Awards and he mocked Jada Pinkett Smith’s public promise to boycott the show after another year with only white-nominated artists.
“Jada said he would not come. I said, ‘Isn’t that part of the television world?’ Will Jada boycott the Oscars? Boycotting the Oscars by Jada is the same as me boycotting Rihanna’s pants. I was not invited! ” he mocked at the time.
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When Jada was asked about the jokes, she seemed to accept them calmly. And when Smith was asked about it during filming in New York, he simply responded with a smile and a sign of peace.
But perhaps the couple has not forgotten Rock’s teasing comments. Maybe that was why Smith did not tolerate Rock’s words last night and reacted violently.