The fallout continued Monday over Will Smith slapping Chris Rock onstage at the Oscars.
, the tenacious father of tennis prodigies Venus and Serena Williams, in the biopic “King Richard.” He cried throughout his speech as he apologized to the academy and his fellow nominees for what had just happened, though he stopped short of saying anything about Rock specifically. He said that Washington had just told him, “At your highest moment, be careful, that’s when the devil comes for you.”
“Richard Williams was a fierce defender of his family,” Smith said. “In this time in my life, in this moment, I am overwhelmed by what God is calling on me to do and be in this world.” He talked about protecting his co-stars during the film and the pressure of being in the entertainment industry when people can “talk crazy” about you, “disrespecting you.”
“I know to do what we do, you gotta be able to take abuse,” Smith said. “And you gotta smile, and you gotta pretend like that’s okay.”Smith then skipped the press room but headed to the Vanity Fair after-party, a popular destination for Oscar winners to celebrate with their shiny trophies in hand. Smith attended alongside his wife and three kids, Trey, Jaden and Willow.
“And what did the Hollywood party people do?” Andrews-Dyer wrote. “They didn’t boo. They didn’t turn their backs. They held up their phones to capture and pay tribute to this, the guy they recognize, the Will Smith they can get behind.”Tiffany Haddish held court on the dust-up toward the end of the party. She waxed poetic in front of a small group of people, including actor Duane Martin.
“If Imma do some jokes about you, Imma let you know. It’s communication,” she said. “If I talk about somebody, I let ‘em know I’m about to talk about you.”, Diddy claimed that Smith and Rock did, in fact, resolve the conflict at the party. “That’s over. I can confirm that,” Diddy said, adding: “It’s all love. They’re brothers.'”
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