

I look like the crazy father, just like they said about Richard Williams. I want to apologise to my all my fellow nominees," he said. Smith then went on to win an Oscar in the Best Actor category for his performance in King Richard, in which he plays the father of tennis champions Venus and Serena Williams, and during his acceptance speech he took the opportunity to address his outburst. Photos have since emerged of an emotional Smith being comforted and reassured offstage by fellow actors Denzel Washington, Tyler Perry, and Bradley Cooper. "Keep my wife's name out of your f***ing mouth," Smith could be heard shouting at Rock, before leaving the stage. Smith himself appeared to be laughing along with the joke from the audience at first, but the nature of his reaction swiftly shifted, and he marched up to the stage to deliver the slap. While the crowd was laughing along with Rock's routine, some believed his joke to be in poor taste and at Pinkett's expense. Joe, Demi Moore wears a buzzcut hairstyle.) "Jada, can't wait for GI Jane 2," the comic said while announcing the nominees for the Best Documentary category, referring to the fact that Pinkett Smith was rocking a shaved head after losing her hair due to alopecia. During an otherwise pretty standard and uneventful Academy Awards ceremony, actor Will Smith stormed the stage to hit comedian Chris Rock after the latter made a joke about Jada Pinkett Smith.
