Jim Carrey 'Sickened' by Standing Ovation for Will Smith: 'Hollywood Is Just Spineless'

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Jim Carrey is sharing his disappointment in Hollywood and the Academy after Sunday night's altercation between Will Smith and Chris Rock at the 2022 Oscars.

Smith walked onstage and slapped the comedian after Rock made a joke about Smith's wife, Jada Pinkett Smith's, hair.Carrey was a guest on , where he addressed the incident, telling Gayle King that he was «sickened» by Smith's actions and what occurred afterward.«I was sickened,» Carrey said. «I was sickened by the standing ovation.

Hollywood is just spineless en masse and it really felt like this is a really clear indication that we aren’t the cool club anymore.»Carrey went on to say that he thinks Smith should've been escorted out of the Dolby Theatre following the incident, and though Rock declined to press charges, Carrey suggested that it was only because the comedian «didn’t want the hassle.»«I’d have announced this morning that I was suing Will for $200 million because that video is going to be there forever, it’s going to be ubiquitous,» Carrey continued. «That insult is gonna last a very long time.

If you want to yell from the audience and show disapproval or say something on Twitter [that’s fine]. But you do not have the right to walk up onstage and smack somebody in the face because they said words.»The 60-year-old actor and funnyman also noted that he has nothing against Smith, adding that «he's done great things, but that was not a good moment.»"[The slap] came out of nowhere because Will has something going on inside him that’s frustrated.