Web Desk — The “King Richard” actor punched presenter Chris Rock for making fun of wife Jada Pinkett Smith during the 94th Academy Awards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
During the ceremony on March 27, presenter Chris Rock made a joke about Jada Pinkett Smith being \u201cG.I. Jane\u201d because of her haircut. Pinkett Smith previously has been vocal about having a hair-loss condition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Her husband Will Smith\u2019s response to Rock\u2019s joke while presenting the Best Documentary Oscar to \u201cSummer of Soul\u201d proved to be unscripted. The telecast cut out feed the audio in the U.S. broadcast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, the Australian broadcast aired the whole, unedited sequence live. According to a leaked clip of the ceremony, Smith stormed onstage and smacked Rock in the face, with an audible thump.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Will Smith just smacked the shit out of me,” Rock says while smiling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Smith, meanwhile, yells from his seat, “Keep my wife\u2019s name out of your fucking mouth.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Web Desk — The “King Richard” actor punched presenter Chris Rock for making fun of wife Jada Pinkett Smith during the 94th Academy Awards. During the ceremony on March 27, presenter Chris Rock made a joke about Jada Pinkett Smith being \u201cG.I. Jane\u201d because of her haircut. Pinkett Smith previously has been vocal about having …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2298,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2297","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-entertainment"],"yoast_head":"\n