Varun Dhawan, Neetu Kapoor, and other B-Town celebs react to Oscars 2022 viral moment
After actor Will Smith smacked comic Chris Rock within the face in the course of the 94th Academy Awards, the web has been flooded with all types of reactions from all around the world.
For the unversed, Smith slapped Rock onstage after he bought miffed on the latter’s joke directed at his spouse Jada Pinkett Smith.
Bollywood celebrities, too, took to their respective social media handles and reacted to the viral incident.
Varun Dhawan shared the clip on his Instagram Story and wrote, “Wow did not anticipate that additionally @chrisrock has a chin.”
Neetu Kapoor shared an image of the much-talked-about second on her Instagram Story. She wrote, “They usually say ladies can by no means management their feelings.”
Sophie Choudry shared her response on Twitter, writing, “Violence is rarely the way in which however cracking jokes about somebody’s medical situation shouldn’t be acceptable both. This was speculated to be a profession excessive for considered one of my favorite artists for an outstanding efficiency. As a substitute he’ll be remembered for this loopy incident.”
Several Hollywood stars including Cardi B, Maria Shriver, Trevor Noah expressed their reactions to the onstage scuffle through their social media handles. Many in the ceremony also looked stunned by the altercation.
As per Variety, Rock appeared on stage to present the Oscar for documentary feature and he then made a joke about Jada-Pinkett Smith (Will Smith’s wife) being in ‘G.I. Jane’ because of her shaved bald head. Last year, Jada Pinkett Smith had announced that she shaved her head after struggling with alopecia.
Initially, Smith was laughing but Jada clearly looked affected by the joke. Smith then took to the stage to punch Rock.
A few minutes after the incident, Smith was announced Best Actor at the Oscars. And during his acceptance speech, he apologised for his behaviour.
The 94th Academy Awards took place at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on Sunday.
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Printed on: Monday, March 28, 2022, 02:53 PM IST
