The Will Smith/Chris Rock Oscars slap-gate ordeal has now taken on a life of it’s own (as we all knew it would). It’s turned into a slap-a-thon marathon of sorts online. Everybody and their mommas have been chiming in on what Will should’ve-would’ve-could’ve done; and what Chris Roc should-could do going forward. The latest to add his take on it is actor, Jim Carrey. The former “In Living Color” OG had more than a few choice words for Will Smith and the Oscars attendees who witnessed the infamous slap firsthand.
In a new interview with Gayle King, Jim referred to Will Smith as “selfish” for delivering that slap to Chris Rock during the Oscars. He also referred to everyone who gave Will a round of applause during his ‘Best Actor’ acceptance speech (just moments after Will slapped Chris Rock) as “spineless.” But that’s not all, Jim thinks Chris should hit Will with a fat lawsuit…wait ’til y’all see how much. Check out the video and excerpts of his interview below.
When Gayle King asked Jim Carrey what he was thinking as he watched the slap-gate situation unfold on live television, he stated:
“I was sickened by the standing ovation [when Will later won the Academy Award for ‘Best Actor’]. I felt like Hollywood is just spineless en masse. It really felt like, ‘Oh, this is a really clear indication that we’re not the cool club anymore.”
Chris Rock refused to press charges against Will for slapping him. Jim Carrey said Will “should’ve been” arrested, and he explained what he would have done if he were in Chris Rock’s shoes:
“He [Chris Rock] doesn’t want the hassle. I’d have announced this morning that I was suing Will for $200 million, because that video is gonna be there forever, it’s gonna be ubiquitous. That insult is gonna last a very long time.”
Here’s what Jim thinks Will should have done instead, after Chris Rock insulted wife, Jada Pinkett-Smith’s, shaved head:
“If you wanna yell from the audience and disapprove, or say something on Twitter, or whatever [that’s fine]. …You do not have the right to walk up on stage and smack somebody in the face because they said words.”
Gayle agreed that although she felt Will should not have slapped Chris, she also pointed out that she realized it had “escalated to that level”…to which Jim snapped back:
“It didn’t escalate. It came out of nowhere because Will had something inside him that’s frustrated, and I…wish him the best. I really do…I don’t have anything against Will Smith. He’s done great things, but that was not a good moment.”
Jim went on to say that Will’s smack “cast appall over everybody’s shining moment” at the Oscars, because all of the actors/actresses “worked really hard to get to that place, and to have their moment in the sun” overshadowed by Will’s actions was uncalled for, he says. Jim further summed it up by saying, “it was just a selfish moment that cast appall over the whole thing.”
As we previously reported, the day after the Oscar’s Will Smith publicly apologized to Chris Rock.
However, Chris has not yet spoken publicly on the matter. By the way, there was a fake online apology circulating around the internet following the fiasco, which was said to be from Chris Rock, but his team shut that down with the quickness, by confirming that it did NOT come from Chris Rock nor his team.
Thoughts, ILOSM family?
