Can we demand a public apology from Will Smith?

@PerfectIllusion exactly

@Lilymoon they were my thoughts exactly 😁

@Celt43 Right? haha

@Lilymoon Good point! Ricky Gervais probably would’ve made a similar joke about Jada’s bald head. It’s hard to ignore the elephant in the room. If she didn’t want anyone to talk about it, she would’ve wore a wig. Not everyone can shave their head and still look as good as Jada.

@Faroutcat You didn't but I'm trying to help you understand the effects a joke like this can cause. Jokes are meant to be funny I get it but not when it's touching on someone's personal life like cancer/diseases people have to wake up every day like this with no cure holding on to hope for better days.

@Souls My original point was that regardless of whether Chris Rock’s joke was of poor taste or not, that doesn’t give Will Smith the right to smack Chris and then yell F-bombs. Especially when he said he enjoys being a role model to children.

@Faroutcat I agree! I don't support violence he should have handled it better and/or spoken to him about it in private!

@SW-User she has a boyfriend too. That probably makes it easy to trigger him

@cherokeepatti He's clearly cuckholded.

@hippyjoe1955 well, that's where I'm a bit eh, I'm 50/50, maybe 60/40, if put on the spot, staged, but there's definitely room for argument

@SilkandLace2 I am not saying you don't defend your wife I am saying you don't walk up on stage and slap the comedian if he insults your wife.

@hippyjoe1955 well, i would, BUT, i read that he was laughing until he saw her reaction, which, if not staged, makes it "double eh", you can't laugh then go all hard and yell such things again after you go back to your seat.....🤣

@CassandraSissy Jada looked fantastic at that award show. She was talking to the press and overall seemed to be having a good time. She wore a designer dress. She certainly was not in a hospital gown or wheelchair. And she wasn’t wearing a wig because she looked fabulous with her shaved head. I know she has an illness but she certainly doesn’t show it. If she had announced that she was going to be in a new movie sporting her shaved head, everyone would want to go see it including me. So, I don’t see anything wrong with what Chris Rock said. As a comedian Chris is simply doing his raunchy humor like always. I don’t even think Chris was trying to be offensive. It was a G.I. Jane joke, not a joke towards Jada.
Is everyone supposed to walk on eggshells and tiptoe around Jada now because we are so afraid that Will might get mad again?

@Faroutcat Sweetie, 2 out of 3 people will have cancer. A lot of people that you might pass by in the street [i]have[/i] cancer. They don't look like they have cancer...because...you [i]don't[/i] have to look ill to have cancer....

Same with Jada's illness and condition. It's directed at her. She's already 'came out' with her condition throughout the media....so Chris would have to be insensitive or just plain...stupid! Which one? Up to the watcher.

The only other way it could have gone was if Jada shouted out that she had alopecia, which is not the kind of thing - as I understand - a person with that condition would do. Chris has, apparently, done programmes on black women and hair loss so you'd expect him to have a bit more about him than that.

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@CassandraSissy You seem to know a lot more about it than I do. So I believe you and understand your point.
I’m not so sure if Chris Rock knew of her condition when he made that joke. Or if that was even his joke at all. Many of those award show hosts are reading off of a teleprompter and the jokes are written by comedy writers. I’m not sure if that was the case here.
As for the movie reference in G.I. Jane, Demi Moore was labeled one of the sexiest women in Hollywood at that time even with her shaved head. So, when I heard Chris comparing Jada Smith to Demi Moore, my initial thought was for it to be taken as a compliment; not an insult. Comparing any woman with a shaved head to Demi Moore would be a compliment.
Obviously Jada felt insulted in that moment. I hope she is able to get healing with her family and friends supporting her. And I want her to have a speedy recovery.
As for Will and Chris, I hope they can patch things up somehow. Will has made a sincere apology to Chris. It would probably be a good idea if both men seek out mental therapy from all this drama.

@Faroutcat
A bit of the personal attack there dude? Really?
I admired Will Smith and still do.
He handles his business perfectly.

@Pfuzylogic In an interview a few years ago, Will said he enjoys being a role model for kids and I believe he tries to do so in many areas of his life. But physically attacking the host and yelling F-bombs does not make a good role model.
In most award shows the hosts are reading from a teleprompter which most of the jokes are written by comedy writers. I’m not sure if that was the case here but regardless it doesn’t give Will the right to storm up on the stage.

@Faroutcat
Will Smith apologized.
He defended his wife.
Words can viciously assault and Will took care of his business.

@LadyGrace https://youtu.be/myjEoDypUD8

@Carlisle I agree!

@CountScrofula I just mean he should publicly apologize to Chris.

@DarlingSelah bring it on! 🤣

@SW-User I guess you’re right. I didn’t know that when I posted this.

Me too I only found out about it thru Facebook memes maybe that's why they did it?@GBPackersFan

@Pinkstarburst Sorry, I guess I should have worded it differently. I don’t mean “we” deserve an apology. I just mean Will Smith should apologize to Chris Rock publicly for his actions. But now I’m reading that he already has apologized.

@TryingSW45 I think this was rehearsed and not a spontaneous temper fit.

@cherokeepatti Chris rock has been making fun of will smith for a little bit - and it’s all true… and funny

@swirlie I speculated Chris Rock was slapped by Will Smith, huh. Gotcha.

@RogueLoner Your answer is acceptable. I just disagree with you on how celebrities should conduct themselves in public and at award ceremonies.

@RogueLoner no he didn’t.
He could have called Rock out way more tactfully and not gotten onstage and strike Chris

@swirlie True. So, I guess you’re not a Chris Rock fan. 😂