Stephen A. Smith Reacts to Will Smith’s Slap Heard Round the World At Oscars

Unless you’re totally off the grid, you probably already heard about Will Smith at the Oscars last night.

Will Smith took an interesting approach to being the butt of the joke as he slapped Chris Rock for making a joke about his wife. Likewise, NBA players saw this and couldn’t believe their eyes.

First we’ll catch you up to speed just in case you missed the most entertaining Oscars of all time.

See the smack and more below

This was scripted, ya? Right? Right?
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— SideAction (@SideActionHQ) March 28, 2022

Now in slow motion:

Will Smith +25000 to slap the shit out of Chris Rock ✅ #Oscars
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— OddsShopper (@OddsShopper) March 28, 2022

Will’s acceptance speech following the incident:

Will Smith’s cryptic speech
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— SideAction (@SideActionHQ) March 28, 2022

Here are some NBA player reactions to Big Willy Style:

Lot of mfs need this… https://t.co/maQFqEZCUz

— Damian Lillard (@Dame_Lillard) March 28, 2022

Chris gotta do somethin back😂😂🤦🏽‍♂️

— Trae Young (@TheTraeYoung) March 28, 2022

Smack the taste out his mouth 🤮

— Bradley Beal (@RealDealBeal23) March 28, 2022

😭😭😂😂 https://t.co/o6PYndCUo3

— Ja Morant (@JaMorant) March 28, 2022

Why the first thing I see after our game is Will smacking tf outta Chris Rock 😂😂😂😂😳

— Miles Bridges (@MilesBridges) March 28, 2022

Stephen A. Smith also weighed in:

Total BS by @willsmith. If his night is ruined because of this he deserves it. The man has Denzel & Bradley Cooper trying to calm him down. For what? A joke about his wife in G.I. Joe? Come on! The shit was embarrassing! A very very bad look! Love Will. But not after this B.S.

— Stephen A Smith (@stephenasmith) March 28, 2022

I just saw the RAW footage. @willsmith should be ashamed of his damn self. It was a G.I. Jane joke. Total B.S. If it were @TheRock or someone like that instead of @chrisrock would he have done that shit!

— Stephen A Smith (@stephenasmith) March 28, 2022

If @willsmith seriously did that — and he wins the OSCAR — he just stained the greatest moment of his career. You cannot do that S$&@!!Especially as a BLACK MAN, in that position, to ANOTHER BLACK MAN(@chrisrock) on THAT STAGE. If this was not a joke, Will won’t live this down!!!

— Stephen A Smith (@stephenasmith) March 28, 2022

Please tell me I didn’t see what I just saw. Somebody please tell me that @willsmith was joking and it was part of the show when he just smacked @chrisrock on National Television. I’m begging y’all….please don’t tell me @willsmith would do something like that???

— Stephen A Smith (@stephenasmith) March 28, 2022

Right or wrong, it seems like it entertained the masses.

No one will ever forget the slap heard round the world…

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