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Buckeye_Democrat

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32. The fact that Will Smith wasn't told to leave...

Tue Mar 29, 2022, 05:04 AM

Mar 2022

... the ceremony, after that incident, wasn't a good look to me.

Even if it was known he'd later win the Best Actor award, it wouldn't be the first time that the winner wasn't there to accept it.

I'm not too surprised by the behavior, though. It was like some guest (outsider) being invited to a family's party who unjustifiably gets assaulted by some drunk uncle. Then the family sticks up for the uncle, perhaps with some of them even joining in with the assault. If cops are called, the guest might then get hauled off to jail based on false testimony that he started it.

EDIT: After seeing that incident, I'd be very leery to host the Academy Awards as a comedian. Except maybe the comedians who are also viewed as a "full family member" among the actors.

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For the record - this was Will Smith's reaction to the GI Jane joke [View all] speak easy Mar 2022 OP

He laughed- she got pissed off... lisa58 Mar 2022 #1

Yeah..She probably had the nerve to be offended whathehell Mar 2022 #5

He may have seen her reaction and figured he had to act. Eliot Rosewater Mar 2022 #2

Yeah, very odd. BlackSkimmer Mar 2022 #3

Could you send me the link, please? obamanut2012 Mar 2022 #6

MachoMan... pbmus Mar 2022 #4

His initial reaction.. whathehell Mar 2022 #7

IMO, laughing at a hurtful joke is more offensive than telling it. speak easy Mar 2022 #8

Sometimes things don't "register" right away... whathehell Mar 2022 #10

What I am trying to say is speak easy Mar 2022 #12

Come on, that's a reach. If she would've laughed he would've kept laughing cause he thought ... uponit7771 Mar 2022 #18

He thought the idea of her as a GI was funny. He doesn't think her being bald is funny -- pnwmom Mar 2022 #29

Lol. Not a "reach" at all, as several here have concurred whathehell Mar 2022 #49

The number of people "concurring" is not relevant to the FACT that WS laughed at the joke uponit7771 Mar 2022 #50

It is "relevant" and had you seen the whathehell Mar 2022 #53

"many" doesn't change reality ONE bit in this context. Fact: WS laughed at Rocks GI Jane Joke ... uponit7771 Mar 2022 #54

Lol, as I said, "I'm done" whathehell Mar 2022 #55

Really? whathehell Mar 2022 #13

Yes really. speak easy Mar 2022 #14

'kay whathehell Mar 2022 #16

laughter can be a defense mechanism jcgoldie Mar 2022 #9

Exactly., and people don't always automatically "tune,in" whathehell Mar 2022 #11

This is a reach too uponit7771 Mar 2022 #20

No it certainly isn't jcgoldie Mar 2022 #42

No way I'm convinced Smiths laugh was a "nervous" one. Too many people are trying to twist uponit7771 Mar 2022 #43

Look I think what he did was ignorant and indefensible jcgoldie Mar 2022 #44

I agree kcr Mar 2022 #46

+1, here and other places are trying to twist reality to fit a narrative about WS laughing at the... uponit7771 Mar 2022 #47

I think he did what he did lest he catch hell from her narcissistic self. Patterson Mar 2022 #15

I believe the same thing happened. nt oasis Mar 2022 #17

K&R, if Jada would've kept laughing WS would've kept laughing cause he thought it was funny uponit7771 Mar 2022 #19

I think Jada was hurt (and rightly so) that he was laughing at a joke that dissed her speak easy Mar 2022 #22

THIS !!!! ☝🏾☝🏾☝🏾 I made this point in another thread that she was mad at HIM for laughing at the uponit7771 Mar 2022 #23

That's it: Will was mad that his wife was Mad With Him. speak easy Mar 2022 #24

Except he's not comparing JPS to GI Jane because she's a badass as a compliment. meadowlander Mar 2022 #26

Wrong, Demi Moore has hair too ... and Ripley cut her hair off in A3 ... I don't understand uponit7771 Mar 2022 #27

She was compared to GI Jane, not Demi Moore meadowlander Mar 2022 #30

Demi Moore played GI Jane in 1997, both the character AND the person were beautiful badass uponit7771 Mar 2022 #33

That he and many others were laughing. And untold others in the TV audience. pnwmom Mar 2022 #38

Will wrecked what should have been a proud night for African Americans. speak easy Mar 2022 #40

Exactly, as did several others... Buckeye_Democrat Mar 2022 #21

+1, "added salt to the wound by their encouragement of Will Smith " OK, this is why I'm pissed to no uponit7771 Mar 2022 #25

The fact that Will Smith wasn't told to leave... Buckeye_Democrat Mar 2022 #32

Yep, to your edit this is the reasons they are coming out strong with "we don't condone ... uponit7771 Mar 2022 #41

Seriously? You're put this on slow-mo and repeat? pnwmom Mar 2022 #28

"The truth is that he briefly laughed" length of laugh is irrelevant its OBVIOUS Smith thought it wa uponit7771 Mar 2022 #31

He thought the idea of her being a GI was funny. He doesn't think her being bald is funny. pnwmom Mar 2022 #34

Then why did Smith laugh?! No seriously, that's the point of the OP and "it sunk in" is gas lighting uponit7771 Mar 2022 #35

My husband would laugh, with good reason, if someone said I'd make a good GI. pnwmom Mar 2022 #37

Soooooo, WS didn't know who GI *JANE* was? Didn't know Demi Moore at that time was a .. uponit7771 Mar 2022 #39

This message was self-deleted by its author speak easy Mar 2022 #36

Because it was funny. He thought so too. nt LexVegas Mar 2022 #45

Well she is smiling there too. CrackityJones75 Mar 2022 #48

Yep... she doesn't look overly pissed there.... Chakaconcarne Mar 2022 #52

Yup. "When you're famous, they let you do it" Arazi Mar 2022 #51