Whoopi Goldberg is giving her take on the Oscars incident between Will Smith and Chris Rock. On Monday's episode of , the former Oscars host and Academy Award winner guessed that «a lot of stuff probably built up» for Smith when he slapped Rock onstage at the 2022 Academy Awards.The incident occurred when Rock, a presenter at this year's ceremony, made a joke about Jada Pinkett Smith's hair.
The actress has spoken publicly about having alopecia, a hair loss condition that she was diagnosed with in 2018.«I think he overreacted,» Goldberg said of Smith, before pointing out that Rock previously made a joke at the couple's expense when he hosted the show in 2016.
At the time, Rock quipped, «Jada boycotting the Oscars is like me boycotting Rihanna's panties. I wasn't invited!»«In 2016, Chris was the host of the Oscars that year, and it was funny.
I would've been a little annoyed,» Goldberg said. «But [this year] I think [Smith] had one of those moments where it's like, 'G-D-it.
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