Oscar Hosts Amy Schumer, Wanda Sykes Say They Are ‘Still Traumatised’ By Will Smith Slapping Chris Rock

Oscars
2022
hosts
Amy
Schumer
and
Wanda
Sykes
have
opened
up
about
the
biggest
moment
at
the
94th
Academy
Awards
2022.
Amy
said
that
she
was
still
triggered
and
traumatised
by
the
incident
while
Wanda
revealed
that
Chris
apologised
to
her
at
the
Oscars
afterparty.

Notably,
Chris
was
slapped
by
Will
Smith
on
stage
at
the
Oscars
which
became
the
talk
of
the
town
for
days,
overshadowing
other
winning
moments
including
CODA’s
Best
Picture
win
as
well
as
Oscars
first
time
having
three
female
hosts.

Wanda
who
opened
up
about
the
incident
during
a
chat
with
Ellen
DeGeneres
on
her
show,
pointed
out
that
Will
apologised
to
Chris
but
not
her.
Wanda
further
revealed
that
she
bumped
into
Chris
at
the
afterparty
and
he
said,
“I’m
so
sorry.
It
was
supposed
to
be
your
night.
You
and
Amy
and
Regina,
y’all
were
doing
such
a
great
job.
I’m
so
sorry.
This
is
now
going
to
be
about
this.”

Wanda
added
that
she
is
still
traumatized
by
the
incident,
and
added,
“I
felt
so
awful
for
my
friend.
It
was
sickening.
I
physically
felt
ill,
and
I’m
still
a
little
traumatized
by
it.”

Chris
Rock
Is
Still
Processing
What
Happened,
Gets
Standing
Ovation
At
His
First
Show
Since
Oscars
2022

Meanwhile,
co-host
Amy
has
a
similar
reaction.
Taking
to
Instagram
she
revealed
that
she
too
is
“still
triggered
and
traumatized”.
In
the
long
caption
Amy
wrote,
“I
think
we
can
all
agree
that
the
best
way
to
unpack
what
happened
is
to
stream
my
series
@lifeandbethhulu
and
see
me
on
tour
this
fall.
But
for
real.
Still
triggered
and
traumatized.
I
love
my
friend
@chrisrock
and
believe
he
handled
it
like
a
pro.
Stayed
up
there
and
gave
an
Oscar
to
his
friend
@questlove
and
the
whole
thing
was
so
disturbing.
So
much
pain
in
@willsmith
anyway
I’m
still
in
shock
and
stunned
and
sad.”

Amy
also
cheered
in
for
her
co-hosts
and
said
that
she
is
proud
of
Wanda
and
Regina.
“I’m
proud
of
myself
and
my
cohosts.
But
yeah.
Waiting
for
this
sickening
feeling
to
go
away
from
what
we
all
witnessed,”
she
concluded.

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Will
went
on
to
win
the
Best
Lead
Actor
award
for
his
performance
in

King
Richard
and
apologised
to
the
Academy
and
his
fellow
nominees
during
the
acceptance
speech.
On
the
following
day,
Smith
released
a
statement
on
Instagram
making
a
public
apology
to
Chris
and
added
that
he
‘regrets’ his
behaviour.