Jaden Is All Praise For Dad Will Smith On Twitter, Debate Erupts

Jaden Smith is not usually the one to weigh in on the goings-on around him, but after his dad, Will Smith "smacked the sh** out" of Chris Rock, he's finally speaking up. He stands staunchly with his dad because after all, it was his mother, Jada Pinkett-Smith that was being dissed, on an international stage, by Chris Rock.

She had come clean about her alopecia last year, choosing to share her vulnerability with the world and her fans, and getting plenty of support from everyone.

Chris Rock came on to present the Oscar for documentary feature and cracked a few jokes. He pointed at Jada, saying, "Jada, I love you. G.I. Jane 2, can’t wait to see it!"

While the celebrity audience nervously tittered, Rock carried on, calling it a "nice joke" but within a few seconds, the scene had changed. As Smith strode on stage, the audience cheered, expecting some bonhomie and even Rock stood there with a friendly smile on his face.

Everyone was taken aback when Will Smith took a swing at Rock, and initially, it seemed like a scripted joke.

In an uncensored version posted on Twitter, Rock then said, “Oh wow... Will Smith just smacked the shit out of me” to which Smith, now back in his seat, mouthed, “Keep my wife’s name out of your f***ing mouth!”

"Wow, dude, it was a G.I. Jane joke," said Rock, and Smith yelled out again, "Keep my wife's name out your f***ing mouth!"

"I'm going to, okay?" Rock replied, going on to say, "That was the ... greatest night in the history of television" and finally, gathered his wits to present the award.

Many feel that Chris Rock was being disrespectful towards Jada-Pinkett Smith, who had come clean about her alopecia last year.

At the time, she had made a video, captioning it as, " Mama’s gonna have to take it down to the scalp so nobody thinks she got brain surgery or something? Me and this alopecia are going to be friends … period!?"

Sophia Bush was quick to denounce them both, saying, "Violence isn’t ok. Assault is never the answer. Also? This is the 2nd time that Chris has made fun of Jada on the #Oscars stage, & tonight he went after her alopecia. Punching down at someone’s auto-immune disease is wrong. Doing so on purpose is cruel. They both need a breather."

There were others who believed that the joke was indeed in bad taste but violence was definitely not the option.

The Twitter handle of Academy also tweeted:

Later, Will Smith won Best Actor for his performance as Venus and Serena Williams' father Richard Williams in "King Richard" and said his meal culpa.

With tears rolling down his face, Smith said, "I want to apologize to the Academy. I want to apologize to all my fellow nominees. Art imitates life: I look like the crazy father. Just like they said about Richard Williams. But love will make you do crazy things."

He also said, "Being able to love and care for my mother and my family, my wife. Thank you for this honor. Thank you for this moment. I hope the Academy invites me back."

A few hours after the whole debacle, Jaden Smith took to Twitter to post, "And That’s How We Do It."

While he could be mentioning his dad's Oscar win, Twitterati have taken it in context of the slap and a debate ensured.

But there were plenty of fans on his side as well, writing.