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Tonight is a bad night to own the Will Smith username on Twitter.
On Sunday night, Will Smith, the actor, slapped the hell out of Chris Rock for mocking his wife, Jada Pinkett-Smith.
Chris Rock made a joke about Jada Pinkett-Smith being in "G.I. Jane" because of her bald head. She's spoken openly about having a hair loss condition. Will Smith ran on stage, slapped Rock, then screamed twice at the top of his lungs "KEEP MY WIFE'S NAME OUT OF YOUR F-NG MOUTH."
— Amy Kaufman (@AmyKinLA) March 28, 2022
Will Smith punched Chris Rock wtf lol??? pic.twitter.com/GEz8O8zuhr
— Gifdsports (@gifdsports) March 28, 2022
As soon as the slap went down, Twitter user Will Smith, who is a games journalist, was bombarded with hate messages from people tagging him.
Didn’t know until just this moment about @jadapsmith having Alopecia. She’s wonderful and great. So is @willsmith — which we all know. They’re both phenomenal. But you do NOT do what Will did in that setting. Go backstage and handle that shit if you must. Horrible look!
— Stephen A Smith (@stephenasmith) March 28, 2022
I just saw the RAW footage. @willsmith should be ashamed of his damn self. It was a G.I. Jane joke. Total B.S. If it were @TheRock or someone like that instead of @chrisrock would he have done that shit!
— Stephen A Smith (@stephenasmith) March 28, 2022
Here’s how the Twitter @willsmith reacted to people sending him messages thinking he was the actor.
Whelp.
— Will Smith (@willsmith) March 28, 2022
Oh shit.
— Will Smith (@willsmith) March 28, 2022
Real talk, I’m not the person you’re upset/happy with. I make podcasts and video games for a living.
At the risk of making people pissed off at me instead of that other guy, the world would be a better place if we stopped answering words with violence.
— Will Smith (@willsmith) March 28, 2022
— Will Smith (@willsmith) March 28, 2022