Will Smith, Chris Rock, Oscar Slap Controversy
Will Smith slapped Chris Rock during the 94th Academy Awards after a joke regarding Jada Pinkett Smith's shaved head. The event is analyzed as a potential "news cycle reset" to distract from the war in Ukraine and inflation. A 1991 clip from the Arsenio Hall Show is referenced to show Will Smith previously mocking a bald bass player, contrasting with his reaction to the Oscar joke.
will smith· chris rock· oscars· jada pinkett smith· alopecia· arsenio hall· tico torres
00:00 We're not like everybody else. We're going to tell Russia to eat pound salt! Adam Curry, John C. Dvorak It's Thursday March 31st 2022 This is your award-winning GiveOnNation Media assassination episode 1438 This is no agenda Bringing bell bottoms back and broadcasting live from the heart of the Texas Hill Country here in FEMA Region number 6 In The Morning Everybody I'm Adam Curry And from Northern Silicon Valley where the hypocrites reign I'm John C. Dvorak It's crackpot and buzzkill! In the morning. It's raining hypocrites? I can't do this song. It's a rainin' hypocrites, hallelujah really Why? It just is
00:43 Well, Chris Rock's a good example. Oh man this is this is immediate deconstructors dream! Well it's a bit much... I loved this! This was perfect so many these things work so well when when so many different parties could potentially benefit from the controversy You should at least give a quick overview of what happened Yes, I can give an overview. I also do have some thoughts on the matter Okay So hope so yes of course of course I now I'm sure everybody by now has seen the clip of The slap that went around the world just slap remember the last slap that went around ran around the world is this snap? This last lap was Cher snap out of it What what happened to share don't you don't you remember Cher in the movie moonstruck? Snap out of it
01:41 I think that was also in the 80s. It was another slap heard around the world, so Chris Rock is presenting some piece of the Oscars and does a typical Hollywood thing. Hey everybody how you doing? Hey good to see you! Good to see you! Hey Jada! That's Will Smith's wife. Yeah I see you're getting ready for GI Jane 2 can't wait for it and there's a little bit of laughter, and then Will Smith saunters up on the stage... ...and slaps Chris Rock! And then goes back to his seat. And yells uh, keep my wife's name out your fucking mouth. He does that twice. And uh, and then he was- It was M F'n mouth I think Oh yes, yes you're right Um no? I don't think it was M F'n Yeah I think it was just f'n
02:41 At which point I think the audience thought that this was a gag as it started out. I thought it was a gag and then you but when the minute the audio went out, I went hmm not so much a gag and of course within seconds people knew that the Oscars were actually on television that night now well It was weird because Will Smith thought it was funny and then he saw his wife wasn't laughing so... Earlier in the show, it was believed that it was an Amy Schumer gag or one of the two women comedians that were up there that made some comment about the open marriage of Will Smith and his wife which is not an open marriage.
03:29 If only one party's taking part. It's called having an affair! Shall we look at the, uh...shall we look at what's possibly going on here? I have a number of things and this again was so good And by the way, the most important thing is that no one cares about maternity wards being bombed anymore Millionaire actors well done Slapping each other. Yeah, I'm one I think I'm actually uniquely qualified for to deconstruct this for a number of reasons one I've been in show business In Hollywood show business too. I have met and worked with Will Smith three my ex-interim wife had the alopecia and I in fact myself in an alopecia phobe
04:15 So I'm well positioned. Oh, you would be! Yes yes yes now let's... Well before you do it since you have the deconstruction, I have a clip to set this up okay just to show you where we're coming from here. A couple of things, first of all I want to mention that most people who have alopecia in the level that she has it don't wear it on their sleeve they wear a nice wig, a nice expensive wig and you wouldn't know they had it so let's start with that premise Can I just say one thing about alopecia? Just because I know a lot about it Alopecia is just a term for hair loss It is not a cause, its not an illness You can't be a victim of it
04:55 A man who is bald has severe alopecia. So it's not a sickness or something, this is what people don't understand. Alright well let's play this clip though from 1991 Here's Will Smith...Will Smith is on the Arsenio Hall show and there was a bald bass player in the band Kevin yeah Kevin! The band leader I don't know this is the bass player, Kevin Eubanks was not on the Arsenio Hall show in 1991. Okay it doesn't matter It was a bass player and he is pointing the finger at him mocking him for his bald head and then backing off when the guy gets a little irked by it here we go You can do that in this world man Arsenio they got rules They got rules like he has a rule The bass player? He gotta rule! He's got to wax his head every morning That's what you're doing
05:56 See you got too into the characters and got hurt Yeah, so back in the day he could make the joke and it worked of course it was a man come on It was a joke. Come on All right, but wouldn't be so annoying if it wasn't Will Smith who got upset by Basically, this is less of a joke. In fact it was fairly lame as everyone you know analyzes it I thought was pretty lame too. Oh yeah well It was okay but that wasn't unfunny it was just not hell...it wasn't something that tears at someone's soul No far from it Okay so we've talked about what alopecia is We'll get to that in a second
06:50 Now, there's one thing I've learned from doing over 70 episodes with Mo. You do not ever... nobody makes jokes about black women's hair! It is the third rail it is you just don't do it there's no comments, no jokes, nothing. It's a big deal Now, about Jada Pinkett with her alopecia. I mean she could do and i'm just going to touch the third rail she could do exactly what all black women do in entertainment and she could just continue to wear wigs you know it's lots of people suffer from this uh lots of women solve it in different ways but she being a Hollywood narcissist needed to bring all that attention to oh I have alopecia okay you're a victim good
07:40 So now just the obvious deconstruction. Although I worked with him in the 80s and saw absolutely no evidence of this, Will Smith could just be one of those really aggressive guys There are men out there and I, you know them. And you say... You even look at their wife in a way they don't like and all of the sudden they change like Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde. You know what i mean? OJ Simpson Thank you! Well not OJ Simpson but Tico Torres from Bon Jovi when we went to Moscow. I remember it was his fiancee's wife or girlfriend but yeah we're on a big plane with all these people so I'm chatting to her
08:23 And then we're off the plane, I'm still chatting. He comes up to me and he says yeah yeah you know it's just he's kind of like making fun but as he saying it is like he's punching me in the shoulder and starting to hurt! And I realized holy crap this guy thinks I must lean on his woman? It was really scary especially a drummer like Tico Torres beat me up in a heartbeat So, it's possible. I heard Pierce Morgan say that he did an interview with Jada Pinkett Smith 10 years ago and Will Smith came in just before the interview started and sat in the corner and said don't upset my wife you won't like me if you upset my wife That kind of sounds like one of those guys which is surprising however as you already alluded to
