Smith, 53, said on Friday he had accepted punishment from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences – in response to hitting Chris Rock on stage during the ceremony.
However, many felt that it was not hard enough.
“Money does not buy order. “He should have been charged with assault!” said one.
“If any of us did that, we would still be in jail waiting for bail. Only 17 million viewers as witnesses! “
The second agreed: “Will Smith should be charged with assault – this was in front of millions of spectators. It’s a pity because Will is such a talented actor. In fact, I think she is sincere in his sorrow.
“It still has to be charged – other people will be charged.”
Rock told the LAPD he did not want to prosecute.
Infamous: Smith slapped Rock after he made a joke about his wife Jada’s bald head during the presentation of the best documentary at the Oscars last Sunday
One said other award ceremonies should follow suit and ban Smith.
“It’s essentially a life sentence. Will Smith will not suddenly return to the Oscars after ten years. “SAG should do the same.”
Another agreed that the punishment was inadequate, saying that Smith should have returned his Oscar in shame and been imprisoned.
“Will Smith will have to return his Oscar and save time. “Whatever happens in his troubled marriage does not justify slapping an innocent person who is just trying to do his job.”
Another said: “Well, #WillSmith is a complete assailant and should be charged with assault. #ChrisRock showed remarkable frustration in the face of Smith’s attack.
An angry moviegoer said: “It’s a shame for the industry and a POOR REPRESENTATIVE of family values. He will have to return his Oscar and participate in the anger management program.
“Consent to violence is abhorrent.
“His films must be boycotted.
“He does not deserve any recognition.”
Some, however, said it was the right call.
“Will Smith was excluded from the Oscars for ten years,” Australian journalist Avi Gemini wrote on Twitter.
“It simply came to our notice then.
“Jada has to go alone.
“Hopefully Chris Rock will be back to put the control freak’s name back in his mouth.
“I will coordinate for this.”
Chris Rock’s 42-year-old younger brother, Kenny, told the Los Angeles Times that he has trouble watching over his brother’s most infamous moment since last week’s Oscars.
He said Smith should be removed from the Best Actor trophy.
He said: “It eats me to watch it over and over again because you have seen a loved one being attacked and there is nothing you can do about it.
“Every time I watch the videos, it’s like an interpretation that keeps going through my mind over and over again.”
Kenny continued to express his disgust for the actions of the list A actor.
He said: “My brother was not a threat to him and they just did not respect him at that moment.
“You just dropped him in front of millions of people watching the show.”
Smith apologized when he won the Academy Award for Best Actor after being slapped on March 27
Oscar co-host Wanda Sykes criticized the Academy in the days after the show, calling their actions “gross” for allowing Smith to remain in the theater and saying his behavior made her feel “physically ill”.
“It was disgusting,” Sykes said in a television interview on The Ellen DeGeneres Show.
“I felt physically ill and I’m still a little bit injured by it.”
Sykes told Ellen that she was returning to the theater from her trailer when the slap occurred.
He said: “When I got to the screen in the background, I just saw Will leave the stage and everything was quiet. And I said, “What happened, what happened?”
Sykes added that when he saw the video being repeated, he said it made her feel sick.
And he said he was shocked when Smith was allowed to stay in the theater to receive his Oscar and enjoy the rest of the show.
Oscar co-host Wanda Sykes criticized the Academy for allowing Smith to remain in the theater on Sunday after slapping Chris Rock, a performance he said made her “physically ill”.
Sykes told Ellen that she was returning to the theater from her trailer when the slap occurred. He entered a silent theater and had the same question as the others, “what’s going on”
Sykes told Ellen during the interview that Smith should have left the building immediately after slapping Rock.
“To let him stay in this room and enjoy the rest of the show and accept his… award. I was like, “How vulgar is that?” he said.
“It simply came to our notice then. You attack someone, you leave the building, and that’s it.
“But to let him go, I thought it was vulgar. I wanted to run out of victory and say, “Unfortunately, Will could not be here tonight …”
Sykes, who debuted as a presenter with Amy Sumer and Regina Hall on Sunday night, said she knew Smith had apologized to Rock, but noted: “No one has apologized to us.”
“We worked very hard to make this show – so what the hell is that?” Sykes said.
“We were the hosts, this is our ‘home’, we will take care of you tonight and no one apologized,” Sykes told DeGeneres.
“And we worked, we really had to make this show.”
But Sikes said she received an apology from a man who said he did not owe her.
She explained that she fell in love with Rock at a party that night and he said “I’m so sorry!”
“I was thinking, ‘Why are you apologizing?’ He said: “It’s supposed to be your night, you and Amy and Regina. And that will be it now.
Her comments come hours after co-star Amy Schumer looked into the incident, saying she was “still being provoked and injured” by the “worrying” moment.
In a post posted on her Instagram account in the early hours of Wednesday, the 40-year-old Sumer said she still felt the impact of the controversy on stage.
“Still fired and injured,” she wrote on Instagram early Wednesday.
“I love my boyfriend Chris Rock and I think he handled it like a pro. He stayed up there and gave an Oscar to his friend Questlove and the whole thing was so disturbing.
“So much pain to Will Smith…
“I am still in shock, surprised and sad. I’m proud of myself and my hosts. But yes. “Waiting for this sick feeling to go away from what we all saw.”
Schumer – who has been a close friend of Rock for several years – tried to joke about the incident, jokingly asking the audience if she was “missing something” and noting that “there is a different atmosphere in here” when she returned to her duties. host minutes after Smith slapped Rock on stage.
Shocking: Oscar co-host Amy Sumer said she was “still shot and injured” when Will Smith stormed the stage and slapped Chris Rock on Sunday
Schumer, 40, wrote in a post on her TV series Life & Beth: “But really. Still fired and injured. I love my friend @chrisrock and I think he handled it like a pro
Co-presenters Regina Hall, Amy Schumer and Wanda Sykes speak on stage during the 94th annual Dolby Theater Oscars on Sunday
Jim Carey, 60, led Smith’s conviction and said he was stunned by the cult with which Smith was accepted after the attack.
“I was sick of standing ovation,” he said, referring to when Smith won the Best Actor award shortly after the slap in the face.
“I felt that Hollywood is just massive. I really felt that this was a clear sign that we were no longer the cool club. ‘
Benedict Cumberbatch, another nominee for actor, as well as Best Director nominee Paul Thomas Anderson and actress Maya Rudolph, were some of the stars who stood up for Smith’s victory. Aphrodite and Serena Williams, whose father was portrayed by Smith to King Richard, also stood.
Carrey, who briefly co-starred with Rock in the early 1990s on Fox’s In Living Color, claimed that Rock did not accuse him of slapping because he “did not want the inconvenience” and suggested that Smith should have arrested.
“I would have announced this morning that I was suing Will for $ 200 million because this video will be there forever. It will be ubiquitous. “This insult will last a long time,” Carrey said.
The Mask actor seemed to be saying that the expression of disapproval for the joke, saying something on Twitter or even shouting at the audience, was nothing more than pale – but what Smith ended up with was out of bounds.
“You have no right to go on stage and hit someone in the face because they said words,” Carrey said.
Jim Carrey and Will Smith during the 16th Annual Kids’ Choice Awards of Nickelodeon 2003
Actor and comedian Jim Carrey hit the audience at Sunday’s Oscars for applauding Will Smith after his now-famous slap on Chris Rock.
The answers to Will Smith slapping Chris Rock at the Oscars are divided – but Jenna Wortham (@jennydeluxe) says most people do not have the full story.
“It’s a big deal that I don’t think can be resolved in public,” he said. pic.twitter.com/5qXIq30Y1F
– CBS Mornings (@CBSMornings) March 29, 2022
Benedict Cumberbatch, a fellow Best Actor nominee, as well as Best Director nominee Paul Thomas Anderson and actress Maya Rudolph, were some of the stars who stood up for Smith’s victory.
Aphrodite and Serena Williams, whose father Smith portrayed King Richard, also stood
He suggested that something “was happening” inside Smith that made him do it and that he acted selfishly.
“It did not escalate, it came out of nowhere because Will has something going on inside him that is frustrating and I wish him all the best, really,” Carey said.
“I have nothing against Will Smith, he has done great things.
“He threw a …
