Will Smith smacking Chris Rock at Oscars creates new level of anxiety for comedians, stage performers: expert
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Comedians in and out of Hollywood are voicing their reluctance to perform on stage after Will Smith's viral slap of Chris Rock "raises the very scary prospect that other people with a lot less to lose may choose to model that same reprehensible behavior."
Will Smith slaps Chris Rock on stage before the comedian presented the best documentary award at the Oscars on Sunday, March 27, 2022, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello) Will Smith yells at Chris Rock from his seat at the Oscars after slapping the comedian on Sunday, March 27, 2022. (Screenshot/ABC) Will Smith and John Travolta hug as Smith receives his award for best actor for "King Richard" at the Oscars on Sunday, March 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello) Samuel L. Jackson congratulates Will Smith for his best actor Oscar on Sunday, March 27, 2022, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello) Bradley Cooper comforts Will Smith during the 94th Academy Awards on Sunday, March 27, 2022. (Myung Chun/Los Angeles Times) Denzel Washington walks with Will Smith during the Oscars on Sunday, March 27, 2022. (Myung Chun/Los Angeles Times) People enter the Wilbur Theatre for a sold out performance by US comedian Chris Rock in Boston, Massachusetts on March 30, 2022. - ( (Photo by JOSEPH PREZIOSO/AFP via Getty Images)) Chris Rock, center, arrives at the Wilbur Theater before a performance, Wednesday, March 30, 2022, in Boston. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer) Actor/comedian Chris Rock enters the Wilbur Theater in Boston for the first of his two sold-out performances on March 30, 2022. (Barry Chin/The Boston Globe via Getty Images) Actor/comedian Chris Rock enters the Wilbur Theater in Boston for the first of his two sold-out performances on March 30, 2022. ((Photo by Barry Chin/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)) Crowd gathers outside the Chris Rock Show in Boston, MA. (Fox News) Stephen Coughlin, 31, shows off his custom made shirt calling attention to the incident between comedian Chris Rock and actor Will Smith from the Oscars as he waited in line to see Rock perform at The Wilbur Theater in Boston, Massachusetts on March 30, 2022. ((Photo by JOSEPH PREZIOSO/AFP via Getty Images)) Boston Police stand by during the Chris Rock show in Boston, MA. (Fox News) Boston Police officers standby during Chris Rock's show in Boston, MA. (Fox News)
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