Celebrities React To Will Smith Slapping Chris Rock At The 2022 Oscars

The Oscars are always a buzzy place. Things that happen on the international stage or the red carpet are forever frozen as the best and worst memories of the Academy Awards. But for the Academy Awards 2022, the eternal moment is Will Smith slapping Chris Rock after the latter joked about Jada Pinkett-Smith's baldness. Of course, soon after, Will Smith got his Oscar for "King Richard and gave a teary speech, apologizing for the incident, without mentioning Chris Rock.

Since then, social media has been abuzz with people taking sides, some standing with Will Smith and the other feeling that Chris Rock was definitely the bigger man here.

While the memes fly on Twitter, we have some celebrity reactions in, although most were as shocked as the global audience watching the show from their homes, wondering if this was scripted, if unnecessary script...

There were plenty of memes, targeting Will Smith for his needless show of aggression, but when it comes to celebs, Smith has one loyal fan.

50 Cent, for one, seems to be having the time of life, posting every meme he can find where Will Smith is the hero and Chris Rock is the guy deserving the drubbing.

Here's what he posted:

DaBaby also seemed to be loving all the anti-Chris memes...

Meanwhile, Trevor Noah seemed rather shocked to discover that the slap was all too real...

Most do not condone the kind of violence exhibited by Will Smith, and perhaps the clearest and most direct statement came from director Judd Apatow. He said, "He could have killed him. That’s pure out-of-control rage and violence. They’ve heard a million jokes about them in the last three decades. They are not freshmen in the world of Hollywood and comedy. He lost his mind.”

Meanwhile, Kathy Griffin also cammed out Will Smith...

One Twitter user had the perfect reply to Griffin.

Clearly, this overshadowed Warren Beatty's gaffe when he wrongly announced the best film Oscar in 2017, and his daughter tweeted, rather cheekily...

It seemed Cher seemed to miss out on all the action...

And here's yet another meme, because, heck, why not?

Mark Hamill also did not think the force was with Will Smith, considering he's the king of sarcasm.

Jimmy Kimmel would rather put the spotlight where it's deserved, not even mentioning the actors involved.

On the other hand, Sophia Bush condemned the act but also dissed the joke that caused it.

Conan O'Brien couldn't resist a joke:

Rob Reiner, however, feels that Will Smith owes Chris Rock an apology.

But we have to admit, Maria Shriver said it perfectly.