Did will smith do the right thing?

Will Smith is a cuck.

It was probably planned but if not, no.
Pretty insane thing to do actually.
Chris Rock makes jokes like that, it's his thing.
Will Smith could've at least waited until later to sqare the guy up lol or said something about how he found the joke distasteful instead if he had to do something on stage.

He was laughing his ass off at the joke until his wife frowned, he’s like any other white knight dildo.

Gives that stupid ass speech after and everyone cheers like it’s inspirational, what a bunch of twats.

What the released video of the event does not tell is that there is a background between these two on this.

1st Will Smith and his wife have an open marriage. They have discussed this publicly, including that they talk all the time about the other partners (there are no secrets).

It's their right to have an open marriage - as marriage is based on a lot more than just sex.

This "comedian" has publicly insulted his wife before - just not to her face when she was present; and my understanding is that Will Smith let him know that was not acceptable and not do it again.

Now he did it with a highly offensive joke while she was there in person.

At some point spouses (or SO's) will immediately act to defend their spouse (or SO). That is human nature. Will Smiths reaction is quite understandable and actually one of the most mild physical things he could have done (and in my younger days I would likely have left such a person laying on the ground with their wind knocked out of them).

Reports are that they cleaned up the video released to the public; as Will Smith also used some profanity saying something along the lines of "keep my wife's name out of your fucking mouth."

It is unfortunate but true. Some people only learn if they experience pain or a physical assault. No amount of coddling and telling them that they were a "bad person" for doing something makes as much of a lesson as a physical hit or hard push.

2nd time gets a different response than the 1st time.

Who would really not have defended their spouse or SO?

I'm quite sure that Will Smith's wife was instantly proud of her husband standing up for her.

Will Smith will let you fuck his wife but just don't joke about her hair?
How chivalrous. What a dick.

Some things are not okay to joke about. As a pre-cancer survivor, who has been bald on my scalp, I know the stress that can cause.

Unless it's self defense, I feel that violence is NEVER acceptable.

People are dying by the thousands and this is what people are giving a crap about? Weird priorities guys.

Do people really care? Fuck this whole world.

Is he in prison? This used to be considered assault.

They have a million cameras rolling but have only released the classic fake movie slap angle they always use. It could go either way. Could be fake or real.

Ive seen Will Smith do that a few times to people. In one video a french guy tries to kiss his cheek and he slapped him in the face and said "wtf this is America dude..."

It was wrong for Smith to do that. But I kind of don't blame him.

It was wrong. It was an offensive joke though, and so they definitely had reason to be angry. I don't agree that someone should always have to laugh along at jokes like that, or else they're being too sensitive. But violence is never an appropriate reaction either. I still like Will Smith though, since he was just trying to defend his wife. I doubt he'd have reacted like that to a joke about himself.

Nothing's going to happen over it. And it was wrong.

Wil Smith is a bitch.

who in the hell cares?? if it was not on the news or social media that will did it, I would never of known the stupid oscar took place.

Will was merely defending a family member which is a natural reaction. I would have done exactly the same.

Yes what he did was wrong.

My wife has a different view that I do on a lot of things.

So I told her about the event, and that this was the 2nd time this comedian had told a "poor taste" joke about Wil Smith's wife.

A bit of time on the internet and she pronounced: "That's verbal bullying" and then stated that bullies never change until they face real consequences.

She thinks Will Smith did exactly the right thing.

I note that she has had to attend training classes on bullying for her school job.

Further discussion brought out a few more questions.

What's the difference between a "poor taste" joke and bullying, especially if there is a repeat event. None as virtually all bullies start by verbally taunting their victim.

Why is Will Smith being investigated for his response defending his wife (after the prior event verbal warning did not affect the "comedian") and no one is investigating the comedian for his pattern of verbal assaults on Will Smith's wife?

As my wife says... Bullying only gets worse until the bully is held responsible, and it's best if they understand that a large number of people do not approve of their actions.

Absolutely not. He laughed and only reacted how he did when he realised his wife wasn’t laughing. So that renders his explanation within the apology to rock (which was probably written by his publicist) as null and void.

Then he gets onstage and in front of a world audience physically attacks a COMEDIAN then launches a verbal tirade of abuse. 10 minutes later he’s receiving an award and a standing ovation. He shouldn’t have even been in the building!

Now imagine for a second had he been a white actor, no one would be saying “but his wife has been very public about her condition..” the world would be on fire, there’d be universal condemnation and protests in the streets!

First of all, Will Smith used to make jokes about his Uncle Phil being bald all the time.

Second of all, his wife shaved her head as a fashion statement. She’s a multimillionaire. She could afford the best wig in the world. So it’s not making fun of her disease. It’s more like making fun of her sense of fashion. It’s like making a joke about a guy’s ponytail or man bun or whatever.

Will Smith felt emasculated because his wife was with other men, so this was his way of trying to feel like a man again. There was nothing honorable about what he did.