NAACP Official Denounces Will Smith Assaulting Chris Rock: Casual Violence Normalized will Have Consequences
Janai Nelson, president of the NAACP legal defense fund, denounce Will Smith for assaulting comedian Chris Rock at the Oscars on Sunday night.
In a tweet shortly after the incident, Janai Nelson expressed dismay over the fact that the audience at the Academy Awards appeared to condone Smith’s act of violence toward Chris Rock.
“People are unraveling in front of our eyes but the show must go on. What is happening?” she tweeted.
“I know we’re all still processing, but the way casual violence was normalized tonight by a collective national audience will have consequences that we can’t even fathom in the moment,” she added.
People are unraveling in front of our eyes but the show must go on. What is happening? #Oscars
— Janai Nelson (@JNelsonLDF) March 28, 2022
I know we’re all still processing, but the way casual violence was normalized tonight by a collective national audience will have consequences that we can’t even fathom in the moment. #Oscars2022
— Janai Nelson (@JNelsonLDF) March 28, 2022
The Film Academy tweeted early Monday that it “does not condone violence of any form.”
“Tonight we are delighted to celebrate our 94th Academy Awards winners, who deserve this moment of recognition from their peers and movie lovers around the world.”
The Academy does not condone violence of any form.
Tonight we are delighted to celebrate our 94th Academy Awards winners, who deserve this moment of recognition from their peers and movie lovers around the world.
— The Academy (@TheAcademy) March 28, 2022
According to unedited video and audio, the moment occurred while Chris Rock made a joke about Jada Pinkett Smith’s hair, which then prompted Will Smith to storm the stage and strike the comedian in the face.
Smith walked back to his seat and shouted to Chris Rock: “Keep my wife’s name out your fucking mouth.”
Full video/audio of Will Smith vs. Chris Rock. (NSFW language obviously.) #Oscars pic.twitter.com/k7pX27lI3J
— Adam Silverstein (@SilversteinAdam) March 28, 2022
Moments after the assault, Will Smith won his first Oscar for lead actor for his role in King Richard, in which he played Richard Williams, the father of tennis icons Venus and Serena Williams.
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