How ABC tried — and failed — to censor Will Smith slap of Chris Rock
“Chris Rock came on and he was doing, I think, material based on what happened that night, as any comedian will do,” Mills told Variety. “He made the [‘G.I. Jane’] joke. Obviously, you could see the joke did not land with Jada. And then you see Will start to get up and walk up.”
Once Rock and Smith both used expletives in their reactions, it dawned on the ABC producers that this was real. Due to strict FCC guidelines on the use of profanity during domestic broadcasts, Mills said, he and his team erred on the side of caution in censoring the aftermath.
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