Oscars 2022: "Need Therapy" - How Hollywood Reacted To Will Smith Slapping Chris Rock

Hollywood celebs shared their views on Twitter

Will Smith's big night snowballed into something so giant and out-of-control that it eclipsed even his own Best Actor win. Will, 53, slapped presenter Chris Rock on live international broadcast because of a joke, admittedly distasteful, that he made about Will's wife Jada Pinkett. "Can't wait for GI Jane 2," Chris quipped, referring to Jada's hair - she has a condition called alopecia which causes hair loss. The world watched in disbelief as Will Smith strode up to the Oscar stage, slapped Chris Rock and then yelled, "Keep my wife's name out of your f***ing mouth." Wtaf????? That wasn't scripted????? 😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳 Just saw the Will Smith slap. Anyone have a late night show I can borrow just for tomorrow? Will Smith owes Chris Rock a huge apology. There is no excuse for what he did. He's lucky Chris is not filing assault charges. The excuses he made tonight were bullshit. #WillSmith says he wants to be a vessel for love. Love is not violent. Love is not what was displayed on a global stage tonight. #Oscars Violence isn't ok. Assault is never the answer. Also? This is the 2nd time that Chris has made fun of Jada on the #Oscars stage, & tonight he went after her alopecia. Punching down at someone's auto-immune disease is wrong. Doing so on purpose is cruel. They both need a breather. and as far as *that incident* goes….. i am still processing. i have second hand embarrassment for all involved. At your highest moment …be careful that's when the devil tries to come for you 🙌🏽 Welp…I said it wouldn't be boring #Oscars I thought I dreamt this but I just looked on YouTube and it actually happened pic.twitter.com/JCKBaQLPTN

"That wasn't scripted?," tweeted Trevor Noah, summing up everyone's reaction.