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Will Smith SLAPS Chris Rock astatine Oscars 2022
It was the slap seen each astir the world—and Lupita Nyong'o had a front-row spot to the action.
Nearly 7 months aft Will Smith slapped Chris Rock onstage during the 2022 Oscars, the Black Panther star is sharing however she felt aft realizing that she would go a meme for her reaction.
"Once the infinitesimal was over, I realized, ‘Oh my God, there's nary mode each this transpired and I'm not successful the shot,'" Lupita told the Hollywood Reporter in an interrogation published Oct. 19. "I knew arsenic soon arsenic it was implicit that I was going to beryllium a meme."
While galore celebrities person spoken retired astir that viral moment, Lupita opts to fto her now-famous reaction—during which she's glancing implicit astatine Will with her eyes and rima wide unfastened successful shock—do the talking for her.
"I don't privation to adhd immoderate much substance to that thing," she said, "quite frankly."
The Us actress' comments travel much than six months aft Will confronted Chris connected signifier and slapped him during the March 27 awards show after the comedian made a gag astir his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, who suffers from alopecia.
When the Spiral actor took the signifier to contiguous the grant for Best Documentary Feature, helium took a infinitesimal to accidental a fewer jokes astir stars successful the audience. One of the jokes included a notation to Jada's shaved head.
"Jada, I emotion you," Chris said astatine the time. "G.I. Jane 2, can't hold to spot it, each right?"
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Though the assemblage laughed, the Girls Trip actress was not impressed and rolled her eyes arsenic the camera panned implicit to her. That's erstwhile each hellhole broke loose.
Will past marched onstage and slapped Chris successful the face. Once the King Richard actor returned to his seat, helium screamed astatine the Everybody Hates Chris creator, "Keep my wife's sanction retired of your f--king mouth!"
