Judd Apatow Says He Hopes Will Smith's Oscars Slap Will Become a 'Teachable Moment'
justjared.comJudd Apatow is sharing his thoughts on what happened at the 2022 Oscars. If you missed it, Will Smith hit Chris Rock for making a joke about his wife Jada Pinkett Smith‘s bald head. Will has since issued an apology to Chris. Judd discussed the incident during an appearance on SiriusXM’s The Dean Obeidallah Show on Monday (March 28). Click inside to read more… “Well, you’re somebody that people emulate, so it’s dangerous.
You can’t have the Sidney Poitiers of the world behave that way,” the director said. “And so, hopefully whatever that was, and maybe we don’t even know all the levels of it, or the backstory of it.
And hopefully everybody figures something out and hopefully it becomes a teachable moment where Will Smith can speak to people in an honest way about why that was not the way to go,” he continued. “And we’ll see in the coming days how he communicates, and one assumes with all he does lately with the Red Table and all of that, that we will hear a very clear expression of why that was a terrible, embarrassing, and dangerous mistake.” Judd added, “I’m hopeful that will happen.
I’d be very surprised if it didn’t because, basically, if that becomes the way it is, then you know, what’ll happen to Ricky Gervais on the next Golden Globes?” He went on to say he thinks what happened is indicative of the overall cultural climate. “The country basically wants to flip out on stewardess on airplanes right now,” Judd explained. “There’s a lot of people who see violence as the answer.
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