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It was the slap heard around the world. And apparently, its echoes are nonetheless reverberating practically two years later.
Sure, as we put together for the announcement of the 2025 Oscar nominees, many are trying again on what is likely to be essentially the most memorable second within the award present’s historical past.
We’re speaking, after all, concerning the second when Will Smith slapped Chris Rock after the comedian made a joke about Will’s spouse, Jada Pinkett Smith.
Will Smith Is Nonetheless Holding a Grudge, Insider Claims
Will hasn’t suffered many penalties because of the slap. In actual fact, he gained his first Oscar about an hour later.
He acquired a 10-year ban from the Oscars, however we doubt that he’s terribly upset about that slap (pardon the pun) on the wrist.
Nevertheless, even supposing Smith’s profession rebounded properly — final 12 months’s Dangerous Boys: Journey or Die grossed over $210 million, proving that Will remains to be a field workplace draw — it appears he’s nonetheless holding a grudge in opposition to Chris.
“Will’s getting the final snigger and loving it,” an insider near the state of affairs tells In Touch.
The supply provides that Smith “won’t ever forgive Chris for ruining his life, although he’s managed to choose up the items within the final 12 months or so.”
The insider believes that Will remains to be livid about the truth that the incident tarnished his good man repute.
Will apologized to Chris in a video he shared in July of 2022. However regardless of that admission of guilt, the informant insists that Smith’s emotions towards Rock haven’t modified.
“He nonetheless hates the man and his smug angle,” the insider says.
Any hopes for a reconciliation between the previous associates might need been dashed by the standup special that Chris released in March of 2023.
On the finish of the hour, Rock went off on the Smiths in a blistering takedown. And it wasn’t misplaced on followers that the particular was filmed in Jada’s hometown of Baltimore.
Not surprisingly, Will was (reportedly) lower than happy.
“Chris isn’t the sufferer right here, not in Will’s opinion,” the supply continues.
“Lots of people would agree with Will and suppose what’s occurring to Chris is karma for refusing to talk to Will or settle for his apology.”
So plainly the Oscars’ most notorious feud is way from over. It’s anybody’s guess if Chris might be in attendance at this 12 months’s ceremony — but when he’s, he gained’t want to fret about one other run-in with Will.
