the nephew of Michael Jackson, Taj Jacksonpointed out through his Twitter account that “thanks Will Smith for slapping Chris Rock”. This statement is made after the comedian attacked Michael Jackson again in his Netflix special “Selective Outrage”.
Taj Jackson wrote that “Chris Rock has used his family as a punching bag his entire career, yet I’m supposed to feel bad for him getting beaten up and humiliated at the Oscars.”
Photo: Twitter (Taj Jackson)
In the stand-up comedy of Rock they talk about the cancel culture and how is it, according to the comedian, is selective. On the show he made a joke about how they didn’t cancel Michael Jackson, however they did cancel the singer R. Kelly for sexual crimes against minors.
Chris Rock also made jokes about Will Smith and said that he didn’t write off the actor for what he did to him at the Oscars. He noted that “I love Will Smith, he makes great movies. I have supported Will Smith all my life. But now I watch Emancipation (which is a movie in which he plays a slave) just to see him scream”.
After the Chris Rock show came out on Netflix, a source claimed that “Will is embarrassed and hurt from what Chris said about him and his family on his Netflix special…Will and Jada (his wife) have seen comments about it.”
A year after the attack that Will Smith had with Chris Rock after he made a joke about his wife who has alopecia, the relationship between the actor and the comedian has not improved.
Even though Will Smith has apologized for his “unacceptable behavior” During the 2022 Oscars, celebrities have not spoken, because according to Smith, “Chris is not ready to speak yet.”
In addition, Rock said during his routine that he tried to contact Smith, with whom he had a decades-long friendship, to express that he was sorry for the situation, but he assured that he did not answer the call.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences established a “crisis team” to avoid any unplanned events at the Oscars of the next March 12.
The executive director of the Academy, Bill Kramer, admitted that unplanned episodes may arise during the event, but they have been enlisted for the next installment of the Oscars.
“Things don’t always go as planned (…) But we have a whole crisis team, something we’ve never had before, and a lot of plans in place.”
