Will Smith's popularity has severely dropped in the wake of his slap of Chris Rock at the Academy Awards this past March.In a report from Variety citing his Q Scores - a metric that measures the fame and appeal of celebrities - statistics indicate that the public's perception of the 53-year-old actor fell in the wake of his attack on Rock, 57, at the March 27 event at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California.The Oscars exchange between Smith and Rock took place after Rock made a joke about Jada Pinkett Smith's shaved head, saying, 'Jada, I love you, G.I.
Jane 2, can’t wait to see it,' in reference to the 1997 movie which featured Demi Moore with a shaved head. (Pinkett Smith, 50, has diagnosed with alopecia, which causes hair loss.) The latest: Will Smith's popularity has severely dropped in the wake of his slap of Chris Rock at the Academy Awards this past March, according to Q Scores ratings.
He was pictured at the Oscars March 27 after he won the Best Actor honors Smith then walked onstage and smacked Rock, then returned to his seat and shouted at him twice, 'Keep my wife's name out of your f***ing mouth!' to a stunned audience.Prior to the Oscars, Smith was a regular in the top five or 10 of the most positively rated actors, based on surveys Q Scores conducted each January and July of 1,800 American consumers ages 6 and up, Q Scores executive VP Henry Schafer told Variety.
He was regularly ranked near popular stars such as Denzel Washington and Tom Hanks. The differential between numbers from this year's January and July polls indicated what Schafer described as 'a very significant and precipitous decline' of Smith's positive Q Score from 39 to 24, according to the outlet.
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