Will Smith’s fight over the Oscars is still resonating at the Grammys a week later
References to Will Smith’s Oscar controversy were still being made by presenters at the 64th Grammy Awards a week later.
Mith took the stage at the Academy Awards in Los Angeles last Sunday and punched presenter Chris Rock after the comedian made a joke about his wife Jada Pinkett Smith and her hair loss.
The incident happened just before Rock announced the winner of Best Documentary, which was awarded to Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson and his production team for Summer Of Soul.
Smith took the stage at the Academy Awards ceremony last Sunday and met host Chris Rock (Chris Pizello/AP)
The documentary also won the Grammy for Best Musical Film.
Speaking at the Best Song Awards ceremony in Las Vegas, the Roots drummer said, “I’m going to present this award and I trust you’ll stay 500 feet from me.”
Ceremony host Trevor Noah also made a cursory reference to the incident and Smith’s angry verbal attack on Rock as he opened the show.
Ceremony host Trevor Noah also made a cursory reference to the incident and Smith’s angry verbal attack on Rock as he opened the show (Chris Pizzello/AP).
“It’s going to be such a lovely evening. Don’t even think of it as an awards show, this is a concert where we give out awards,” he said.
“We’re going to listen to music, we’re going to dance, we’re going to sing, we’re going to keep people’s names out of our mouths.”
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At the Oscars, Smith had yelled at Rock to get Pinkett Smith’s name “out of your damn mouth.”
Earlier in the evening, comedian Nate Bargatze wore a helmet while presenting the awards at the Grammys pre-show in a joking reference to the incident (Chris Pizzello/AP).
Earlier in the evening, comedian Nate Bargatze wore a helmet as he presented awards at the Grammys pre-show in a joking reference to the incident.
https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/music/will-smiths-oscars-altercation-continues-to-resonate-one-week-later-at-grammys-41517670.html Will Smith’s fight over the Oscars is still resonating at the Grammys a week later