Top Ten Reasons Why Will Smith Should Not Have Slapped Chris Rock By Kyle Smith

Will Smith hits Chris Rock at the 94th Academy Awards in Hollywood, Los Angeles, Calif., March 27, 2022.

National Review : Come on, Will Smith. You ought to know better. Slapping Chris Rock was a terrible idea because . . .

10. The Slap overshadowed everything else about the Oscars. Your fellow winners are going to be asked about the Slap. The first-ever deaf man to win an acting Oscar? Pushed to the sidelines. The first “openly queer woman of color” to win? Overshadowed. A lot of people worked really hard to get their moment of glory, but all anyone is talking about is you. 

9. The Slap just redefined your entire career. You spent more than 30 years carefully building an image as a genial, easygoing fellow. That went away in an instant. Then you made it worse by yelling out profanity, twice. Whatever happened to Gentleman Will Smith?

8. Racists will use this against you to suggest black men can’t control their tempers. Don’t like racists? Neither do I. Don’t give them anything to work with.

7. You’re a public figure, and so is your wife. Public figures get talked about, sometimes even joked about. Don’t like people making rude remarks about you in public? Then don’t become a movie star in the first place. Accept the bad with the good. You are handsomely paid for what you do.

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