In an interview with the People site, comedian Leslie Jones spoke about the psychological consequences of Will Smith’s slap received by Chris Rock during the Oscars ceremony in 2022. And the way in which it impacted the his entire family.
A feeling of helplessness. American comedian Leslie Jones was not present at the Oscars ceremony when Will Smith walked towards Chris Rock – who was to present the Oscar for best documentary – to slap him in the face after the latter’s humorous line. -this on the shaved head of his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith (who has a condition called “alopecia,” causing hair loss). A moment of rare violence which monopolized media space for days, even weeks afterwards. And which deeply shocked the comedian.
“It enraged me,” explains Lesli Jones to the American site People. “I was ready to jump in my car and drive there. I was so mad on so many levels,” she continues. Leslie Jones explains that this slap lastingly affected Chris Rock, but also his entire family. “That shit was humiliating. People must understand that his daughters, his parents, witnessed the scene. He was forced to accompany his daughters to a psychotherapist,” she explains.
Talk about it on stage
Leslie Jones adds that she was angry about this event for a long time. “Chris only did a f…. joke. I know Will too…and I was like, ‘You really couldn’t take that thing afterwards? It’s the Oscars. The whole world is watching you,” she says. According to her, Will Smith still had the opportunity to correct the situation when he received the Oscar for best actor. “He still had an opportunity to do something. To say: ‘I shouldn’t have done that. Bring me Chris. I cannot accept this statuette now, because what I just did was a mistake,” continues the actress.
Asked about Chris Rock’s decision to use slapping as the central subject of his new show, and the criticism from some people about it, Leslie Jones was happy to point out that, as a comedian, it is precisely the heart of his job to talk about this on stage. “Everyone was upset to see him making a spectacle of it. This is precisely what comedians do. Instead of freaking out, we talk about it on a p…. stage. Fortunately we have the stage,” she says.
2023-09-21 10:31:35
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