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#Oscars 2022 : Will Smith Bags Best Actor Trophy For King Richard; Apologises After Slapping Chris Rock Over Wife Joke

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Hollywood star Will Smith ended his dry run at the Oscars as he lifted the best actor trophy for “King Richard” minutes after he punched comedian Chris Rock for making a joke about his wife Jada Pinkett-Smith, reported ANI.

The punch will go down in the Oscars history as one of the wildest moments after the 2017’s mix up when “La La Land” was mistakenly named as the best picture instead of “Moonlight”.

The confrontation took place after Rock joked to Smith that he was looking forward to a sequel to “G.I. Jane”, Pinkett-Smith’s movie.

The actor strode up to the stage and slapped Rock.

When he sat down, Smith was heard shouting “keep my wife’s name out of your f***ing mouth.” The actor referenced the incident his emotional acceptance speech, summing it up as “love will make you do crazy things”.

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“I’m being called on in my life to love people and to protect people and to be a river to my people… You got to be able to take abuse, you got to be able to have people talk crazy about you. In this business, you got to be able to have people disrespecting you and you got to smile and you got pretend like that’s okay.

Thank you Denzel (Washington), who said to me a few minutes ago… he said, ‘at your highest moment, be careful, that’s when the devil comes for you.’ The actor thanked tennis stars Venus and Serena Williams for trusting him with the story of their father.

Directed by Reinaldo Marcus Green, the biopic on tennis stars Venus and Serena Williams’ father Richard Williams, who guided his prodigal tennis playing daughters from the Compton courts to preeminence in the sport.

Smith delivers a towering perfomance as Williams and paints a sympathetic portrait of the tennis stars’ father, who was shaped by poverty, violence and discrimination.

As Williams, Smith was charismatic and overwhelming. He is shown as obstinate, bold, savvy, pugnacious and selfless.

The actor came into Oscar night as a clear favourite, having collected trophies at the BAFTAs, Golden Globes, Screen Actors Guild Awards and Critics’ Choice Awards.

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