After Will Smith shocked the world by striking Chris Rock during the live Oscars broadcast, the ‘King Richard’ star was calmed down by Tyler Perry, Denzel Washington, and other stars.
It seems that many inside the Dolby Theatre had the same question that those watching the 94th Academy Awards had: what just happened? After Chris Rock made a crack about Jada Pinkett-Smith, her husband, Will Smith, stormed the stage and struck the comedian, before shouting at Chris to “keep my wife’s name out your f-cking mouth.” This wasn’t a bit because The Hollywood Reporter’s Scott Feinberg tweeted that during the commercial break, “Will Smith [was] pulled aside and comforted by Denzel Washington and Tyler Perry, who motion for him to brush it off.” When Will won the Best Actor award for his part in King Richard, he said that Denzel told him, “At your highest moment, that’s when the devil comes for you.”
Bradley Cooper consoles Will Smith (Chris Pizzello/AP/Shutterstock)
“Will appears to wipe tears from his eyes as he sits back down with Jada, with Denzel comforting Jada and Will’s rep by his side,” added Feinberg. Photographers inside the Theatre also captured a moment when Bradley Cooper seemed to walk up to Will and speak to him. The photo showed Will looking directly into Bradley’s face while the A Star Is Born star talked to his fellow actor.
Ramin Setoodeh, the executive editor of Variety, tweeted that Will and Jada “have been holding hands since the Chris Rock incident at the Oscars.” When Jane Campion won the Oscar for Best Director, Will Smith stood to applaud her win.
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