Time to address the elephant in the room! Considering the Grammys happened just one week after the Oscars, it was impossible that the immediately infamous altercation between Will Smith and Chris Rock wouldn’t come up.
After all, Hollywood spent the entire week discussing, dissecting, and criticizing The Slap. The subject simply couldn’t be avoided at another awards show. Related: Chris Rock Shuts Down Audience Member Yelling ‘F**k Will Smith’ At Comedy Show So how did host Trevor Noah tackle the issue?
Well, all things considered, he took a light touch. Introducing some of the big stars set to perform, he said: Pretty subtle, and not bad advice either… since Chris joking at Jada Pinkett Smith’s expense is what caused The Slap in the first place.
Honestly, Trevor could have done a lot more Slap material, but it was probably a classier route to make one light joke about it and move on.
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