Jim Carrey 'sickened' by Will Smith reaction and says actor 'should have been arrested' for Oscars slap

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Read more: Will Smith issues public apology to Chris Rock for 'unacceptable and inexcusable' Oscars incident “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,” said the comic.

The show's host, Gayle King, speculated: “If anyone else had walked from the audience and done that, they would’ve been escorted out by security or maybe even arrested. ” To which Carrey interrupted: “He should have been. ”When King addressed Rock’s refusal to press charges, Carrey said: “I would have announced this morning that I was suing Will for $200m because that video is going to be there forever. ”He added: “If you want to yell from the audience and show disapproval or say something on Twitter, you do not have the right to walk up on stage and smack somebody in the face ‘cos they said words. ”King then suggested the incident “escalated”, leading Carrey to interject: “It didn’t escalate, it came out of nowhere because Will has something going on inside him that’s frustrated.

I don’t have anything against Will Smith. He’s done great things. But that was not a good moment. It cast a pall over everybody’s shining moment. ”Will Smith has issued a public apology to Chris Rock after the incident.