Stone Cold Steve Austin’s Former Rival Wants Will Smith to Be Punished for Slapping Chris Rock: “It Shouldn’t Have Gone Unwarranted”

The smoke hasn’t been put out yet, on the infamous ‘Oscars Slap’ controversy. The world was stunned as they watched the incident that happened at the 94th Academy Awards, between actor Will Smith and comedian Chris Rock. Following a joke, that Rock aimed at Will Smith’s wife, Jada, the Best Actor award winner, entered the stage and slapped him on the face.

Moreover, many commented on the incident, and it became trending with memes and trolls. While many celebrities from all combat sports had a special say in the matter, as it was a slap, some of the WWE stars commented against Smith’s behavior. WWE legend Booker T spoke about it in a recent interview and said that it was nothing more than an assault.

Booker T Does Not Support Will Smith

Two-Time WWE Hall of Famer and six-time World Champion Booker T talked about the infamous incident, in an interview with Reality Of Wrestling. The Interviewer, Brad Gilmore, asked Booker his thought on the oddness of the incident and expressed that one can not go slap a presenter and sit in the same place as if nothing happened. Booker agreed with the same analogy.

“Let’s just be frank, man. That was assault. That’s what that was on national television. It was assault. When you put your hands on another person without, you know, them wanting you to do that. That’s what that’s called under the law; assault,” said King Booker.

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Furthermore, the G.I. Bro added, “And he got a chance to do it and then go back to his seat. Then, win an award and then go and make an acceptance speech and then don’t even apologize for slapping the guy but he apologized to everyone else. Me, personally, yeah. I thought he should be perhaps you know when removed at the least.”

Booker On How The Academy Handled It and Chris Rock Being ‘The Bigger Man’

The 57-year-old wrestler then talked about why the Academy did not take immediate action on the incident. After the ceremony, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced they do not condone any forms of violence and the incident will be investigated. But during the program, no sort of intervention happened from the authority’s side. Booker T also discussed it during the interview.

“Would (removing Will Smith from the ceremony) have put a black eye on the academy? Probably. Is that the reason why they didn’t do it? Probably. So, yeah, yeah. It shouldn’t have gone unwarranted or unpunished,” he said. However, Will Smith won the Best Actor award and apologized for the violence during his acceptance speech.

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