New video shows Jada Pinkett Smith laughing after Will slapped Chris Rock
nypost.comslapped comedian Chris Rock at Sunday’s Academy Awards. The footage — recorded by a member of the Oscars audience sitting just two rows from the stage — went viral on social media Wednesday night, racking up more than 350,000 views.In the vision, Smith can be seen storming off the stage and sitting back in his seat after assaulting Rock. “Wow, Will Smith just smacked the s–t out of me!” Rock then remarks, with the video appearing to show Pinkett Smith’s head tilting forward with laughter. “Here is an angle most people have not seen.
Look at Jada’s reaction,” the video — shared to Instagram by @akademiks — was captioned. A post shared by DJ Akademiks (@akademiks)Viewers chimed in chastising Pinkett Smith in the comments section, with one writing: “She got Will in trouble.”Smith walked on stage and slapped Rock after objecting to a joke the comedian made about Pinkett Smith’s shaved head.
Rock compared the actress — who suffers from alopecia and shaved her head last summer — to Demi Moore’s bald character from the film “G.I.
Jane.” Pinkett Smith was seen in the audience looking unimpressed by the quip. The Smiths have not yet responded to the newly-released video.
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