Chris Rock Won’t File Police Report After Will Smith Slap At Oscars, L.A. Police Say

The Los Angeles Police Division says comic Chris Rock has “declined to file a police report” following an altercation with actor Will Smith on the 94th Academy Awards.

Throughout the ceremony, Smith stomped onto the stage and appeared to slap Rock after he made a joke about Smith’s spouse, Jada Pinkett Smith.

“LAPD investigative entities are conscious of an incident between two people in the course of the Academy Awards program. The incident concerned one particular person slapping one other. The person concerned has declined to file a police report. If the concerned celebration wishes a police report at a later date, LAPD might be obtainable to finish an investigative report,” stated a full assertion from the Los Angeles Police Division, Selection reported.

The Full Uncensored video of Will Smith’s altercation with Chris Rock on the #Oscars pic.twitter.com/cGQ3plSEiz

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What’s odd in regards to the L.A. police’s determination is that tens of millions of individuals noticed a slap happen reside on digital camera. Police typically are pressured to weigh totally different accounts, however on this case, it was clear what occurred — on tape, even.

What’s extra, no safety officers appeared on stage. Odder nonetheless was that after the incident, Smith wasn’t escorted from the theater, as a substitute merely returning to his seat — and later taking the stage once more after profitable an award for greatest actor. Hollywood gave him a standing ovation.

Rock was on the stage Sunday night time, making jokes about celebrities within the star-studded theater. Then he focused Pinkett Smith. “Jada, I really like you, G.I. Jane 2, can’t wait to see it. All proper?” Rock says. The joke was a reference to a film that starred Demi Moore as a Navy lieutenant by which the actress sports activities a shaved head. Jada Pinkett Smith, too, has a shaved head as a result of she suffers from alopecia.

Whereas she rolls her eyes a bit and doesn’t snicker, Smith laughs, with a giant smile on his face. “That was a pleasant one, OK?” Rock says.

“I’m out right here –” Rock then says earlier than breaking off. “Uh oh. Richard?” he says, referring to Will Smith’s half enjoying the daddy of Serena and Venus Williams’ father in “King Richard.”

Smith rapidly walked up the stage and took a swipe at Rock, not with a fist however an open hand.

“Oh wow,” Rock stated. “Wow. Will Smith simply smacked the s*** out of me,” he stated with a smile.

“Wow, dude. It was a G.I. Jane joke,” Rock added earlier than persevering with with the present.

The digital camera then cuts to Will Smith, by now again in his seat. Uncensored clips present him saying: “Maintain my spouse’s title out your f***ing mouth!”

Joseph Curl has coated politics for 35 years, together with 12 years as White Home correspondent, and ran the Drudge Report from 2010 to 2015. Ship tricks to [email protected] and comply with him on Twitter @josephcurl.

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