One of the shocking highlights at the 94th edition of the Oscar ceremony i.e. the Oscars 2022 was the unexpected assault of comedian Chris Rock by actor Will Smith. While presenting the award ceremony, Chris Rock took a crack at Jada Pink Smith's shaved head by stating, "Jada I love you, GI Jane 2 can't wait to see it." To the unversed GI Jane is a 1997 movie starring Demi Moore and the actress famously sported her own buzz in the movie.

Jada Pinkett Smith has been seen with a shaved head since July, 2021 and has openly spoken about her insecurities with her tonsured head, which she does because of her struggle with alopecia. -Naturally Jada was seen eye-rolling at Chris' joke while the presenter said, "That (joke) was a nice one okay."

Actor #WillSmith gets violent at #Oscars 2022 after #ChrisRock jokes about #JadaPinkettSmith's shaved head. Jada has been sporting her hairstyle since July 2021 due to the autoimmune disorder alopecia resulting in both bald spots & hair losspic.twitter.com/dKEj9CUMGP

— MovieCrow (@MovieCrow) March 28, 2022

However much to the shock of everyone present and watching the live airing of Oscars, 2022, Jada's husband and actor Will Smith who was only seconds earlier laughing at the joke walked up to Chris on stage and landed a smack on the presenter. While Chris tried to contain his composure and go on with the show, Will got back to his seat and shouted, "Keep my wife’s name out of your f**king mouth!"

VIA JAPANESE TELEVISION: The uncensored exchange between Will Smith and Chris Rock pic.twitter.com/j0Z184ZyXa

— Timothy Burke (@bubbaprog) March 28, 2022

Incidentally, Will Smith was awarded the Best Actor for King Richard minutes later and even got emotional about both the win and the physical assault incident. Notably, he did not apologize to Chris Rock for it [Will Smith later took to Instagram to do this]. This got everyone watching the show fuming about Will Smith's win and questioned the Academy about why no action was taken on the actor. The Academy has now responded by stating,

The Academy does not condone violence of any form.

Tonight we are delighted to celebrate our 94th Academy Awards winners, who deserve this moment of recognition from their peers and movie lovers around the world.

— The Academy (@TheAcademy) March 28, 2022

Actor #WillSmith later got emotional about the incident after winning the Best actor for #KingRichard at the #Oscars 2022 ! The actor notably did not apologize to #ChrisRock for the smack. pic.twitter.com/ZqHMlNfHjz

— MovieCrow (@MovieCrow) March 28, 2022

It is worth mentioning here that the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) has also issued a statement that reads, "LAPD investigative entities are aware of an incident between two individuals during the Academy Awards program. The incident involved one individual slapping another. The individual involved has declined to file a police report. If the involved party desires a police report at a later date, LAPD will be available to complete an investigative report," 

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