Globally acclaimed actor Will Smith sent shock waves to the viewers across the world by slapping Chris Rock on stage for making a joke about his wife. The actor wanted him to stop talking about his wife and yelled about the same which left the entire auditorium in sheer silence. The video goes viral across the world with many reacting in various ways.

While presenting the best documentary prize with a short comedy routine, Rock cracked a joke about Will Smith’s wife. Comparing Jada Pinkett Smith’s tightly cropped hair with Demi Moore’s appearance in the film “G.I Jane”, Rock suggested that she could appear in the sequel.

The joke triggered an awkward silence and confusion in the Dolby theatre and “The Pursuit if Happyness” actor strode up to Rock and slapped him before returning to his seat alongside Jada and shouting profanities.

“Keep my wife’s name out of your f*cking mouth” yelled the actor which forced the producers to bleep out several seconds of audio from the televised broadcast in the United States.

Watch the viral video below :

Damn. So did Will Smith just punch Chris Rock for real? Here is a Japanese network’s uncensored exchange between Will Smith and Chris Rock. #Oscars #WillSmith pic.twitter.com/fjqgypVdue

— Eric Feigl-Ding (@DrEricDing) March 28, 2022

Jada Pinkett Smith who is also an actress suffers from “Alopecia” and publicly revealed about her diagnosis in the year 2018.

Here’s how internet reacted to the incident :

Andrew is 100% scrolling thru Twitter to see what everyone is saying about the Will Smith thing. pic.twitter.com/6ivx7JsZdE

— guada 🦇 (@stonemayi) March 28, 2022

Everyone at the Oscar’s when Will Smith assaulted Chris Rock on national television #Oscars pic.twitter.com/VX7EzFyJ22

— LORRAKON (@LORRAKON) March 28, 2022

So you think it’s cool when #ChrisRock who thought it was “funny” to “joke” about the medical condition that #WillSmith’s wife has been diagnosed with at Oscar’s? pic.twitter.com/PBCyqbeZNR

— venkat prabhu (@vp_offl) March 28, 2022

will smith smacked a mf and won an oscar 10 minutes later that was some legendary shit

— nathan zed (@NathanZed) March 28, 2022

‘Babe Will Smith just slapped Chris Rock and then won best actor lmao it’s like some multiverse of madness level shit lol. Wish you were here xo’ #Oscars pic.twitter.com/F4bsZLLPrO

— taekook🐰🐯 (@bts_twtjeon) March 28, 2022

I wish I was in the crowd when Will Smith slapped Chris Rock. I woulda grabbed John Legend by his collar and yelled “YOU SEE THIS SHIT”

— . (@whogotps5) March 28, 2022