This will remain the shock moment of the evening: during the 94th edition of the Oscars, on March 27 in Los Angeles, Will Smith gave a slap to the comedian Chris Rock when the latter had just made a joke on the shaved head of his wife , Jada Pinkett Smith, who suffers from alopecia.
The next day, the couple's son, Jaden Smith, reacted on his Twitter account with a cryptic message: "And that's how we work".
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The 23-year-old artist does not specify whether he is referring to the blow dealt by Will Smith or the fact that the latter won the prize for best actor for the film
The Williams Method
(2021), in which he plays the father and coach of the tenniswomen Venus and Serena Williams.
But many Internet users, in their comments, believe that he spoke well of the altercation, which shocked all the spectators.
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: Will Smith slaps Chris Rock in the middle of the Oscars 2022 ceremony
A slap, an Oscar and an apology
During his acceptance speech, Will Smith, who is also the father of Trey, 29, and Willow, 21, recalled his gesture: "I want to apologize to the Academy and all my co- appointed”.
Before adding, under the benevolent gaze of his wife: “I look like a crazy father, like what was said of Richard Williams.
Love makes you do crazy things”.
In video, the speech of Will Smith after obtaining the Oscar for best Actor
In another, since-deleted tweet, Jaden Smith also shared a photo of himself in his formal suit and sunglasses in the backseat of a car, writing, "My dad's speech makes cry".
As for the other two children of the actor, they have not yet made any comment.