Hollywood stars have quickly come to the rescue of Chris Rock after the comedian was allegedly slapped by Will Smith during the recent Academy Awards live broadcast ceremony.
According to local media reports, the 53-year-old actor was seen storming on stage and slapping the 57-year-old comedian for joking about Jada Pinkett Smith’s bald head.
“Keep my wife’s name out of your f*****g mouth”- yelled a very furious Smith, leaving both Rock and the rest of the audience members seated in absolute shock.
Rock tried to calm things down, adding how he was only trying to make a joke and then could be seen carrying on with his performance as usual.
During the show’s break for commercials, a number of Hollywood stars could be seen taking Smith in the corner and asking him to calm down. This included Denzel Washington.
But the drama did not end there as a number of Hollywood stars began condemning the star’s actions, especially after he tried to defend his behavior during his speech that he made for winning the award for Best Actor.
“Sometimes love can really make you do crazy things”- Smith stated while apologizing for his behavior and hoping that many would be able to overlook the incident and move on.
But that certainly didn’t happen as stars like Judd Apatow, Mandy Moore, and Kathy Griffin led the pack of celebs to first condemn Will Smith’s outrageously violent actions during the show’s live ceremony.
“This is purely out of control behavior, he could have killed Rock”- mentioned director Judd Apatow.
In the same way, Twitter was seen erupting in fury over the incident with so many people slamming the star for his actions on stage.
Many felt there was certainly no justification for behavior such as that, adding how cops should intervene and investigate the matter further as they felt it was a matter of assault.