Oscars 2022: Cardi B, Trevor Noah, Varun Dhawan & Other Popular Celebs REACT To Will Smith Slapping Chris Rock

Oscars 2022: A few minutes after the slap incident, Will Smith was announced Best Actor at the Oscars. And during his acceptance speech, he apologised for his behaviour.

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Moments after American actor Will Smith slapped comedian Chris Rock for making a joke about his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, at Oscars 2022, netizens and top celebrities across the world flooded social media with their reactions.

Will Smith just punched Chris Rock and told him "keep my wife's name out of your f***ing mouth" pic.twitter.com/1f1ytdbMRv

— CJ Fogler (@cjzer0) March 28, 2022

Popular Hollywood & Bollywood celebrities too, took to their respective social media handles and reacted to the viral incident.

Singer Cardi B tweeted, "At your highest moment ...be careful that's when the devil tries to come for you."

At your highest moment …be careful that’s when the devil tries to come for you 🙌🏽

— Cardi B (@iamcardib) March 28, 2022

American comedian Trevor Noah wondered if the altercation between Smith and Rock was staged.
"Wtaf????? That wasn't scripted," he tweeted.

Wtaf????? That wasn’t scripted????? 😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳

— Trevor Noah (@Trevornoah) March 28, 2022

Bollywood actor Varun Dhawan shared the clip on his Instagram Story and wrote, "Wow didn't expect that also @chrisrock has a chin.

Neetu Kapoor wrote on her Instagram story: “And they say women can never control thier emotions."

Actress Sophie Choudhary also took to her Twitter and shared her views on smacking Chris and tweeted:

Violence is never the way but cracking jokes about someone’s medical condition should not be acceptable either. This was supposed to be a career high for one of my favourite artists for a superb performance. Instead he’ll be remembered for this crazy incident😩 #willsmith #Oscars pic.twitter.com/EBuEOiKNwu

— Sophie C (@Sophie_Choudry) March 28, 2022

For the unversed, while presenting the best documentary feature award at the Oscars, Rock made a joke about Pinkett Smith's shaved head by comparing it to the look of Demi Moore in the 1997 movie 'G.I. Jane'.

Rock said that he couldn't wait to see Pinkett Smith, who has alopecia, star in 'G.I. Jane 2' which led Smith to go up on stage and slap Rock. Smith returned to his seat and shouted, "Keep my wife's name out of your fu**ing mouth!"

A few minutes after the incident, Smith was announced Best Actor at the Oscars. And during his acceptance speech, he apologised for his behaviour.

"I want to apologize to the Academy. I want to apologize to all my fellow nominees. This is a beautiful moment and I'm not crying for winning an award. It's not about winning an award for me. It's about being able to shine a light on all of the people. Tim and Trevor and Zack and Saniyya and Demi and Aunjanue and the entire cast and crew of 'King Richard,' Venus and Serena, the entire Williams family. Art imitates life. I look like the crazy father, just like they said about Richard Williams," Smith said in his tearful acceptance speech.

The 94th Academy Awards took place at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on Sunday.