“Will Smith Has Heard Worse About His Family and It Has Never Bothered Him”: NBA Veteran Terms Chris Rock Oscars Slap “Fake”

The world was stunned when Will Smith slapped Chris Rock on the night of the Oscars. Just minutes after that, Will Smith won the Oscar award for the role of Richard Williams in the biography dedicated to the father and life of tennis sisters Serena and Venus Williams. The stars who all attended the Oscars could have never imagined what was about to happen.

Many celebrities around the world reacted to the incident. Furthermore, people from the NBA world gave their opinions on whether Will Smith did the right thing? Did Chris Rock go too far with the joke? Did he deserve the slap? Should Will Smith have handled the situation in a better way? But Gilbert Arenas, former NBA veteran, doubts if the slap was even real.

“Fake.” This was Gilbert Arenas’ response when asked what his first reaction was when he saw the slap. “I still think it’s fake. — One you’re talking about two guys who were close. They are black comedians. They grew up in the same era. They’ve known how Hollywood is. I mean Chris Rock has been on the, you know, on the fresh prince and stuff like that.” Arenas gave his opinion on the whole thing.

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He continued explaining why he thought that it was fake, “yeah so Chris Rock has done jokes before. Will Smith has heard worse about his family and it never, never bothers him. never! Like for a guy who’s heard everything from Tupac’s uh whatever… Nothing. Because he’s ultimate alpha, like he seems secure with himself, just who he is as a man.”

Will Smith slapping Chris Rock – the world heard the noise 

When Will Smith walked up to the stage, everyone must have thought Will himself was going to joke around or roast his ‘good friend’ Chris Rock, but the world was shocked to see Will slap Chris for a joke Chris made on his wife.

Chris made a joke regarding a medical condition Jada Smith has gone through over the years. Will Smith firstly laughed as well, but it might have been the case of realization. When Will saw how it hurt Jada, he took matters into his own hands, literally.  Will Smith probably should have handled the situation better. But the event certainly was the highlight of the year so far.

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