Will Smith Apologizes to Chris Rock for Slap Heard Round the World: ‘I’m a Work in Progress’
The King Richard star wrote in an Instagram post that he's "embarrassed" about the incident.
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By now we’ve all seen what happened Sunday night: Comedian Chris Rock made a joke in poor taste on the Oscars stage about Will Smith’s wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, being bald as a result of her alopecia. Smith then stormed the stage, slapped Rock hard across the face, returned to his seat, and yelled at Rock: “Keep my wife’s name out of your fucking mouth.” On live television.
The actor later won the award for Best Actor in King Richard, which felt almost like a scripted moment, and used his acceptance speech to apologize to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and his fellow nominees. He notably did not apologize to Rock, until Monday night.