re: Will Smith did not truly slap Chris Rock, it was totally staged.

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I think it was staged. I feel like if it weren’t staged, Smith would have knocked his arse out instead of pimp slapping him

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And then what? Immediately get arrested before he can accept the award for best picture?

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And then what? Immediately get arrested before he can accept the award for best picture?

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It wouldn't have knocked him. But if he throws a punch he gets arrested but pimp slapping is ok? That one in the rulebook of what's not acceptable? Good thing Will knew the pimp slap was ok.

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Academy: Will Smith refused to leave Oscars after Rock slap

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And people will still claim it was staged and the academy is in on it

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#1 Will Smith slowly walked up on the stage

1.1 Chris Rock would have keep a distance from him if it were not staged
1.1 Chris had plenty of time to get away but stayed in place

#2 Will Smith slowly drew his hand back at length.

2.1 If he had truly slapped from that distance several things ensue
2,1.1 Chris Rock would be on the floor
2.1.2 Rock would at that point took off running but again stayed in place
2.2 Chris showed no trauma from the slap, one side of his face would be noticeably red or effected by the slap but was not

#3 The sound did not match a slap to the face

3.1 The slap to the face is a high pitch noise but the sound was a thud
3.2 The sound did not match the strike in sequence, it was off from when you would expect the sound

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rebeloke

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Finally someone with a sense of humor has added their .02 cents.

Ricky Gervais Posts Alopecia Joke Mocking Ocsars Slapping Incident

Also, the fact that we’re even having a conversation that this was potentially staged tells me that there was probably even more confusion at the Oscar’s when it happened.

When I first saw it, I thought it could have been a bit or something; that is until smith started screaming about his wife. How were any of the police there supposed to know if it was a gag or not?

Now, had Smith knocked Rock unconscious it would have immediately been obvious that it wasn’t a gag and yes, he would have been arrested.

Yeah, there’s too many things that don’t make sense. Security asks you to leave and just take “no” for an answer?!?

Also, where are the pictures of the hand actually hitting the face? All those cameras and the only picture we ever see is after the slap where Rock is bent over and over selling it. Seems like there would be better video or still shots showing the actual hit.

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Academy: Will Smith refused to leave Oscars after Rock slap

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Oh hey...remember when I speculated this back on Page 2?

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Well out of sight I'd assume and never even flinched when Will Smith walked onto the stage. Why would they have?

This is another one I don't follow. The Oscars were in a no win situation when this happened. Think it through like this...assuming it's 100% legit:

Will Smith stands up and walks on stage. Chris Rock has no idea what's going on and neither do the directors or the audience...but it's Will Smith and he's not walking up there screaming yet. Chris Rock said "Uh oh" but he's looking right at Smith and smiling that Chris Rock smile. Smith gave no indication he was going to hit him, which is why Rock still had his hands behind his back and was leaning in like he was waiting for smith o tell him something. Smith then sucker slaps him and everyone but Smith is stunned. Rock is clearly shaken and says that Smith just slapped the shite out of him on stage which gets the now famous response from Swith, "Keep my wife's name out your fricking mouth!"

So...what does the show do in this case? What would it have looked like if security had rushed in and tackled Will Smith at The Oscars after assaulting Rock on stage? What if they waited to walk him out during the first commercial break? What are the chances that he and Jada walk out quietly, and that the whole thing doesn't devolve into a bigger shitshow with other busy body celebrities getting involved with security guards? And say you mange to get him out and things settle down, wtf do you do 30 minutes later when his award comes up and you have to show a still image for him and then have to have someone else accept the award on his behalf?

In a perfect world, it should have ben addressed immediately, but what part about what I wrote is not how it would have likely played out? And imagine the outrage that would be pouring down on The Oscars now had they done that?

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So, they did in fact ask him to leave and he did as I thought and refused which put The Academy in a situation of either accepting that and allowing him to stay or forcibly removing him.

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“Things unfolded in a way we could not have anticipated,” the academy said. “While we would like to clarify that Mr. Smith was asked to leave the ceremony and refused, we also recognize we could have handled the situation differently.”

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Or...this just makes it even more likely it was all staged.

What sold me as it being kinda real were Smith’s verbal f-bombs he launched in front of a stunned crowd.

What would be the purpose of that if it was all a setup? It was about as bad as the slap itself.

If Smith had only launched the F-bombs themselves, it would still be a firestorm.

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People act like because it is illogical it was real. There is fukn video evidence of the fake slap. I don’t give a damn why or why not it is not possible based on logic. This is real simple. It could have been unscripted and not known to the production but it was a fake slap and looks like a stunt. Could have been improv but it was not an assault based on video evidence.

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you just have a horrible take. nothing about this seemed staged/fake at all. these people are actors/comedians its not like they were going to get in a brawl at the oscars lmao. a slap seems in line with what would actually happen. those dudes arent baws who would throw hands. your take is on par with that old poster who insisted there were some mythical sea serpents in the san fransisco bay.