‘Slap Overshadowed the Real Moment’: Fans Blame Will Smith for Taking Over Tony Hawk and Wesley Snipes’ Oscars 2022 Moment

Legendary skateboarder Tony Hawk reignited a four-year-old meme with Wesley Snipes at the 2018 Oscars. Not only did fans consider it the msot important moment of the ceremony, but also blamed Will Smith for overshadowing it.

Years ago, a viral meme about Tony Hawk which included Wesley Snipes had taken the internet by storm. In fact, Tony had even responded to it, and the meme has been a long-running once ever since then.

Continuing the good humor, Hawk took to Twitter to share his photograph alongside Snipes, with a reference to the 2018 meme.

Tony Hawk reignites years-old meme at the 2022 Oscars

Back in 2018, a Twitter user had shared a popular meme from the movie New Jack City. The meme showed the character of Wesley Snipes (Nino Brown) holding up a gun to his close friend.

The user used the image and attached a funny caption to it. Their caption said, “when the race war is happening and I gotta k**l Tony Hawk”. The humor here emerged from the fact that Tony Hawk is a global icon who made skateboarding mainstream. Thus, it is no surprise that people from all over the world and of all races love and adore Hawk.

In fact, Tony himself became part of the fun, having responded to the meme in 2018. “I appreciate the hesitation though,” Hawk had tweeted. Consequently, the meme went viral, especially due to Hawk jumping in on it in good fun.

Thus, four years down the line, when the retired skateboarding legend finally met Wesley Snipes, he remembered the meme. Posting a photograph with Snipes while shaking hands, Hawk wrote, “I was spared. Life is good”.

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Clearly, Hawk isn’t just a mainstream icon in popular culture but remains well updated with memes on the internet. Undoubtedly, the new meme of Snipes and Hawk will fuel laughs over the internet for more years to come.

Fans blame Will Smith for overshadowing this iconic moment

The 2022 Oscars have taken over world news because of a shocking incident. Popular actor Will Smith assaulted comedian Chris Rock on stage for joking about his wife Jada’s medical condition.

After the incident, Will Smith won the Best Actor in a Leading Role award as well. This was his first-ever Oscar, but the moment itself felt quite overshadowed by the violent incident.

Moreover, a fan on Twitter, referred to the heartwarming and humorous moment between Snipes and Hawk, in the same context.

According to the Twitter user, “the slap overshadowed the real moment of the Oscars”. Clearly, Hawk’s fans are of the opinion that what truly mattered was Hawk bringing the four-year-old meme full circle.

Another fan called Tony Hawk “the king of social media” for the tweet. There is no doubt that Hawk truly knows how to keep fans happy, and apparently, the man does that just by being his regular funny self!

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