Baldwin tweeted a statement of support to comedian Chris Rock on Tuesday.
"Keep my wife’s name out of your mouth," Smith appeared to yell moments later from the audience., including actor Alec Baldwin, who starred in the animated movie “Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa” alongside Rock and Pinkett Smith. Shortly after midnight on Tuesday, Baldwin shared a tweet supporting Rock.
"I am not reading much about how, or even if, the producers attended to Chris," Baldwin wrote from his protected Twitter account and later"And I'm sorry the Oscars turned into the Jerry Springer show," he added. Alec Baldwin compared Will Smith's slap of Chris Rock to an altercation that might happen on the "Jerry Springer" talk show."Jerry Springer" is a former talk show that aired between 1991 and 2018 known for frequent escalation to fighting and violence among guests.
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