Jim Carrey Slams Standing Ovation For Will Smith At Oscars; ‘Do Not Have The Right To Smack Somebody’

Jim
Carrey
is
the
latest
actor
to
open
up
about
the
most
controversial
Oscars
2022
moment.
The
veteran
actor
slammed
all
those
who
gave
a
standing
ovation
to
Will
Smith
for
the
Best
Actor
award.
The
big
win
took
place
minutes
after
Will
had
slapped
comedian
Chris
Rock,
who
cracked
a
joke
on
his
wife
Jada
Pinkett
Smith.

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Kravitz
Calls
Out
Will
Smith
Slap
At
Oscars;
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Calls
Actress
‘Predator’
For
Hitting
On
Jaden
Smith

Jim
Carrey
said
that
he
was
“sickened”
by
how
Will
Smith
went
on
to
get
a
standing
ovation
on
winning
his
first-ever
Oscar.
He
told
CBS,
“I
was
sickened
by
the
standing
ovation.
Hollywood
is
just
spineless
en
masse
and
it
really
felt
like
this
is
a
really
clear
indication
that
we
aren’t
the
cool
club
anymore.”

Jim
added
that
if
he
were
in
the
place
of
Chris
Rock,
he
would
have
sued
Will.
He
explained,
“I’d
have
announced
this
morning
that
I
was
suing
Will
for
$200
million
because
that
video
is
going
to
be
there
forever,
it’s
going
to
be
ubiquitous.
That
insult
is
gonna
last
a
very
long
time.”

“If
you
want
to
yell
from
the
audience
and
show
disapproval
or
say
something
on
Twitter
[that’s
fine].
But
you
do
not
have
the
right
to
walk
up
on
stage
and
smack
somebody
in
the
face
because
they
said
words,” he
added.

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Jim
called
it
a
selfish
moment
that
cast
a
shadow
on
everyone
else’s
shining
moment,
but
he
wishes
the
best
for
the
King
Richard
actor.
“[The
slap]
came
out
of
nowhere
because
Will
has
something
going
on
inside
him
that’s
frustrated.
I
wish
him
the
best.
I
have
nothing
against
Will
Smith.
He’s
done
great
things,
but
that
was
not
a
good
moment.”

Notably,
Will
Smith
went
on
to
apologise
to
The
Academy
and
fellow
nominees
in
his
acceptance
speech.
On
the
following
day,
he
also
made
a
public
apology
to
Chris
Rock
on
Instagram.
Meanwhile,
The
Academy
has
revealed
a
statement
that
they
condemn
Will’s
actions
and
will
take
appropriate
measures.