Surprisingly Will Smith Slapping Chris Rock Was Not the Most Viewed Incident at an Awards Show in 2022

The Game Awards 2022 has finally bested itself after a blockbuster year. Reports suggested that the event got over 100 million viewership surpassing the viewership of the Oscars and Grammy Awards in 2022. The infamous Oscar incident with Will Smith came second in viewership as compared to another strange moment at the Game Awards.

Geoff Keighley who hosted The Game Awards 2022 gave heart and soul to the most awaited event in the video gaming community. The event did so well that it became a record-setting event.

The personality went on Twitter to share the achievement of TGA 2022 getting a whopping 103 million viewership. This made it the most-watched Game Awards in history. In 2023, TGA would be celebrating its 10th anniversary, a cherry on the cake indeed. While one has to wait to see if history gets written again, a Washington Post reporter brought forward amazing figures regarding similar prestigious events.

The incident at The Game Awards 2022 was watched by more people than Will Smith-Chris Rock slapping incident

Gene Park recently went on Twitter to share the fact that the Oscars in 2022 had got 15.6 million viewership. The Grammy Awards collected 8.93 million viewership and MTV VMA 2022 got 700,000 viewers. Surprisingly, The Game Awards 2022 took the lead with 103 million viewership but that was not it.

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Apparently, Park shared. “More people watched the elden ring bill clinton kid live than the will smith chris rock slap.”

If you’re not aware of the “Elden Ring Bill Clinton Kid,” we’ve got you. Recapping the final moment of TGA 2022, Elden Ring was awarded the prestigious Game of the Year Award. Accompanied by a standing ovation, Director of Elden Ring Hidetaka Miyazaki gave his regards to the audience.  He also thanked the dedicated team behind the game for their support.

Suddenly, an unknown individual, who the media outlet Dot Esports reported to be a 15-year-old boy named Matan, reached for the mic as Mizazaki’s speech ended. He said that he wanted to “nominate this award to my reformed orthodox rabbi Bill Clinton, thank you everybody!” This bizarre shout to Bill Clinton took over the internet and was watched by millions of people, and the news spread like wildfire on the internet. But surely the fact that TGA is performing exceptionally is one to celebrate for gamers all around the world.

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