At the 2022 Academy Awards ceremony, Chris Rock was a presenter and made a joke about Jada Pinkett Smith’s bald hairstyle (she had been diagnosed with alopecia). His joke offended Pinkett Smith’s husband, acclaimed actor Will Smith, who then walked onto the stage and slapped Rock. Later in the same broadcast Will Smith won the Oscar for best actor for his performance in King Richard and delivered a tearful acceptance speech. Smith apologized to Rock sometime later, and Rock addressed the incident in his stand-up special Chris Rock: Selective Outrage (2023).
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