Will Smith hitting Chris Rock at the Oscars on Sunday night by sharing a gag about alopecia from The Office. The Academy Awards were thrown into chaos after Smith stormed the stage and slapped Rock in the face after the comedian made a joke about his wife Jada Pinkett Smith’s hair.
Smith, who won his first Oscar for King Richard, appeared to take offence to a joke Rock made about Pinkett Smith’s short haircut.
Pinkett Smith has previously spoken about her struggles with alopecia, which prompted her to shave her head. Referring to her buzzcut, Rock said: ‘Jada, can’t wait for GI Jane 2’.
After Pinkett Smith rolled her eyes in reaction, Smith walked up on stage and appeared to hit Rock before returning to his seat and shouting twice: ‘Keep my wife’s name out of your f****** mouth. ’Giving his verdict on the situation, Gervais retweeted a video from the second series of The Office, in which his character David Brent makes a quip about the medical condition alopecia. ‘Welcome to Alcoholics Anonymous!’ Brent says after buying three pints in the pub. ‘No – purely social.
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