Will Smith is a sensitive b**** and just embarrassed Black man

Are the same people that think this is fake the same people that think the Texans planted 22 women to make accusations against Deshaun to tank his value and pay him a year for nothing? I don’t get the angle. Not everything is fake, people actually do dumb ****.

 

Smith deserves some credit for trying to provide his son a short cut to movie stardom but he didn't need to do it at the risk/expense of his own career. Pursuit of Happyness? Sure, Jaden was still a cute little kid. After Earth? C'mon...you're already playing with fire by having M. Night Shyamalan directing the film. Smith never recovered from that bomb.

 

Yup still slaps to this day.

 

I agreed. Both would benefit from it long term.

5'10 vs 6'2.

He defo looked smaller on TV.

 

If Chappelle was on stage I don't think Will would have been so bold

 

Chappelle is going after trans these days himself.......

 

It was not pre-meditated but he made the decision in seconds and he calculated that he was not going to get tossed from the award show.

This will go down in Academy Awards history as a gesture to his soon menopausal Jada.

Even if they eventually split up, he could say he did that for her and would not for Sheree.

 

kareem...

this is a really good piece - ive always found kareem to be very smart and thoughtful and this confirms it.

https://kareem.substack.com/p/will-...qoTYmbgAMKdIfK9CqD4OVoKVfXXMHuj8Stmbkp8izgXJg

Will Smith Did a Bad, Bad Thing
Slapping Chris Rock was also a blow to men, women, the entertainment industry, and the Black community.

When Will Smith stormed onto the Oscar stage to strike Chris Rock for making a joke about his wife’s short hair, he did a lot more damage than just to Rock’s face. With a single petulant blow, he advocated violence, diminished women, insulted the entertainment industry, and perpetuated stereotypes about the Black community.

That’s a lot to unpack. Let’s start with the facts: Rock made a reference to Smith’s wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, as looking like Demi Moore in GI Jane, in which Moore had shaved her head. Jada Pinkett Smith suffers from alopecia, which causes hair loss. Ok, I can see where the Smiths might not have found that joke funny. But Hollywood awards shows are traditionally a venue where much worse things have been said about celebrities as a means of downplaying the fact that it’s basically a gathering of multimillionaires giving each other awards to boost business so they can make even more money.

The Smiths could have reacted by politely laughing along with the joke or by glowering angrily at Rock. Instead, Smith felt the need to get up in front of his industry peers and millions of people around the world, hit another man, then return to his seat to bellow: “Keep my wife's name out of your ****ing mouth.” Twice.

Some have romanticized Smith’s actions as that of a loving husband defending his wife. Comedian Tiffany Haddish, who starred in the movie Girls Trip with Pinkett Smith, praised Smith’s actions: “[F]or me, it was the most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen because it made me believe that there are still men out there that love and care about their women, their wives.”

Actually, it was the opposite. Smith’s slap was also a slap to women. If Rock had physically attacked Pinkett Smith, Smith’s intervention would have been welcome. Or if he’d remained in his seat and yelled his post-slap threat, that would have been unnecessary, but understandable. But by hitting Rock, he announced that his wife was incapable of defending herself—against words. From everything I’d seen of Pinkett Smith over the years, she’s a very capable, tough, smart woman who can single-handedly take on a lame joke at the Academy Awards show.

This patronizing, paternal attitude infantilizes women and reduces them to helpless damsels needing a Big Strong Man to defend their honor least they swoon from the vapors. If he was really doing it for his wife, and not his own need to prove himself, he might have thought about the negative attention this brought on them, much harsher than the benign joke. That would have been truly defending and respecting her. This “women need men to defend them” is the same justification currently being proclaimed by conservatives passing laws to restrict abortion and the LGBTQ+ community.

Worse than the slap was Smith’s tearful, self-serving acceptance speech in which he rambled on about all the women in the movie King Richard that he’s protected. Those who protect don’t brag about it in front of 15 million people. They just do it and shut up. You don’t do it as a movie promotion claiming how you’re like the character you just won an award portraying. But, of course, the speech was about justifying his violence. Apparently, so many people need Smith’s protection that occasionally it gets too much and someone needs to be smacked.

What is the legacy of Smith’s violence? He’s brought back the Toxic Bro ideal of embracing Kobra Kai teachings of “might makes right” and “talk is for losers.” Let’s not forget that this macho John Wayne philosophy was expressed in two movies in which Wayne spanked grown women to teach them a lesson. Young boys—especially Black boys—watching their movie idol not just hit another man over a joke, but then justify it as him being a superhero-like protector, are now much more prone to follow in his childish footsteps. Perhaps the saddest confirmation of this is the tweet from Smith’s child Jaden: “And That’s How We Do It.”

The Black community also takes a direct hit from Smith. One of the main talking points from those supporting the systemic racism in America is characterizing Blacks as more prone to violence and less able to control their emotions. Smith just gave comfort to the enemy by providing them with the perfect optics they were dreaming of. Many will be reinvigorated to continue their campaign to marginalize African Americans and others through voter suppression campaign.

As for the damage to show business, Smith’s violence is an implied threat to all comedians who now have to worry that an edgy or insulting joke might be met with violence. Good thing Don Rickles, Bill Burr, or Ricky Gervais weren’t there. As comedian Kathy Griffin tweeted: “Now we all have to worry about who wants to be the next Will Smith in comedy clubs and theaters.”

The one bright note is that Chris Rock, clearly stunned, managed to handle the moment with grace and maturity. If only Smith’s acceptance speech had shown similar grace and maturity—and included, instead of self-aggrandizing excuses, a heartfelt apology to Rock.


Fresh Prince of Bel-Air October 5, 1994

I met Will Smith when I appeared on Fresh Prince of Bel-Air 28 years ago. And I’ve been to his house. I like him. He’s charming, sincere, and funny. I’m also a big fan of his movies. He’s an accomplished and dedicated actor who deserves the professional accolades he’s received. But it will be difficult to watch the next movie without remembering this sad performance.

I don’t want to see him punished or ostracized because of this one, albeit a big one, mistake. I just want this to be a cautionary tale for others not to romanticize or glorify bad behavior. And I want Smith to be the man who really protects others—by admitting the harm he’s done to others.

Update: Since this article was first published, Will Smith has issued an apology to Chris Rock, the Academy, and the audience. In part, he posted:

“Violence in all of its forms is poisonous and destructive. My behavior at last night’s Academy Awards was unacceptable and inexcusable. Jokes at my expense are part of the job, but a joke about Jada’s medical condition was too much for me to bear and I reacted emotionally,” Smith wrote. “I would like to publicly apologize to you, Chris. I was out of line and I was wrong. I am embarrassed and my actions were not indicative of the man I want to be. There is no place for violence in a world of love and kindness.”

 

Now that i really think about it, I think the ONLY reason Chris Rock didn't fire back with anything was that he made a business decision.

I guarantee you that the second that Jada's cuck slapped him his mind filled with the most abhorrent **** ever to say in response..... but then he realized he was at the Oscars in front of the most pathetically woke audience in the world and basically ANY of the absolute bangers going through his mind to fire back with would have gotten him canceled and blacklisted from Hollywood forever.

 

i dont buy that.

1) they are not friends. it sounds like they have a contentious history.
2) rock is one of the greatest comedians of all time and arguably the greatest of the past 30 years. he can sell out any arena in america. he is probably worth close to $100 mililion. he doesnt need to get embarrassed in front of hundreds of millions of people all over the world to increase ticket sales.

if anything, this incident hurts rock career, not helps. i dont see any way that he would have gone along with this.

 

That's totally fair and sensible. It's just an extreme 180 that we witness from Smith that I couldn't believe that really happened, until today.

 

It looked to me like right after he was hit and Smith returned to his seat, Rock said "Will Smith just slapped the s**t out of me" and was about to make another quip. He actually seemed confused but actually amused.

But then, Smith began yelling "Keep my wife's name out of your f***ing mouth" and I think Rock realized Smith was completely serious. That's when Rock sobered up (but still made the "greatest moment in TV history" joke) and then tried to get through announcing the nominations. Even though he was noticeably flustered, kudos to Rock for keeping his cool.

 

it was a shocking display of a grown man being unable to control his emotions and his anger. his speech just made it worse. like i said, he is either the biggest narcissist in hollywood or totally delusional. either way, its clear that he is mentally ill. a grown man who conducts himself like a spoiled, stupid little boy.

he said he was called by god to protect people and to be a river to his people. he said he wants to be a vessel for love. wtf is that?

 

that's really well done

 

I think he really wanted to tear into them both.... but he had producers freaking out in his ear and he had his career to consider.

He even started off saying something like "I could....." then trailed off. I'm pretty sure that was him about to touch on all the much worse things he could say, but instead he got the show back on track and defused the situation.... but it would have been so much better if he had gone full on Bill Burr in Philly.

Instead he made the wise business decision that was infinitely less entertaining

Also, he was an example of a strong man in control of his emotions which is in stark contrast to the cuck throwing a b**** fit.

 

Meh.

He doesn't look like a cuck in that video IMO.

He loves someone that is very different than him, that is not easy to always be in a relationship.

If he is loves her and is happy, then whatever.

At least she articulates why she did what she did.

She is very demanding, but that is clearly something that he finds attractive, he is getting something out of the relationship.

I hope they ultimately are happy together, he has put a lot into the relationship and I suspect he isn't quite the nice guy or pushover that he claims to be.

 

He did, other actors said he was joking in the dressing and waiting rooms backstage.

He did not press charges and it did not seem to faze him afterwards that night.

 

I don't completely agree with your wording. I don't really think that Jada said anything wrong in that clip other than calling her relationship with August an "entanglement", she should have been straight with it. She and her husband were either broken up or breaking up and she had a relationship with a younger man that was friends with her son.

Having said that, Will Smith has been with Jada now for decades and he knows her personality and he knows she is extremely strong willed. He knows that she doesn't coddle him or his ego and he knows how she is. I highly doubt that she hid much of what she did with Will Smith. He obviously loves her, and he is getting some need met from her. So I don't think that she really emasculated him at all. I think that it is easy for us to look at it from the outside and blame her. The reality is he didn't have to stay with Jada and he didn't have to go on television and discuss his problems but choose to do it.

I think that he is stuck between a wife that doesn't feed his ego at all and has a very strong personality and in the public sphere he is incredibly successful and his ego has been feed since he is a teenager. So when everyone calls him a cuck or a loser or that he has been wronged, then part of him really believes it and he goes up and down about how he feels depending on the circumstances. On top of that I suspect he has issues with his kids as well and he is likely having some mid life turmoil.

At the end of the day he is responsible for what he does. I don't see him as a cuck personally at all. Jada can likely be cold and direct, but I think he likely isn't perfect either. He probably tells her he supports her and agrees with her, and is inconsistent.

 

If he keeps this up, he is not going to.

Majority of men wants peace and serenity in the last phase of their life.

I am not sure he is going to get that with Jada.....but he got a Top 10 Career of all Actors.

(Albeit most of his films were popcorn cinema)

I mean he could go in peace anytime and still look down on a sublime legacy.

 

He literally is a cuckold though. His ability to find happiness in cuckoldry does not change the fact that he's a cuck.

There are weak subservient men who want to be dominated by an abusive female like Jada, if that's what makes them happy, so be it....but it's going to be ridiculed because that kink is viewed as odd. If that's really what gets their rocks off, they shouldn't care about the ridicule though. I'm sure furries and many other similar freaks have to deal with that kind of thing too.

Personally I despise weak men. Weak men are one of the most dangerous things on the planet because they are so prone to physically lashing out at others due to their inherent insecurity.