Dons_1988 Posted March 28, 2022 Share Posted March 28, 2022 Not sure sides need to be taken here. Rock hasn’t meant it maliciously but he’s made a poor error of judgement. Making a joke about someone’s appearance due to an illness is just not funny. It’s a stones throw away from laughing at a bald cancer patient. Smith has lost it in the moment and crossed a line himself. It happens and he’s made an arse of himself imo. I wouldn’t be surprised if there’s more to it behind the scenes we’re not aware of. Rock hasn’t pressed charges and smith has seemingly moved on. Hopefully by tomorrow the media will have calmed down about it all too. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon EF Posted March 28, 2022 Share Posted March 28, 2022 55 minutes ago, Detournement said: The Smiths always get a pass for being Scientologists that Cruise and Travolta don't get but they are obviously grade A freaks. It's the classic case of folk not being able to distinguish between the Will Smith character from Fresh Prince (good guy) and Will Smith the actual person (weirdo). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bully Wee Villa Posted March 28, 2022 Share Posted March 28, 2022 (edited) 1 minute ago, Dons_1988 said: Not sure sides need to be taken here. Rock hasn’t meant it maliciously but he’s made a poor error of judgement. Making a joke about someone’s appearance due to an illness is just not funny. It’s a stones throw away from laughing at a bald cancer patient. Smith has lost it in the moment and crossed a line himself. It happens and he’s made an arse of himself imo. I wouldn’t be surprised if there’s more to it behind the scenes we’re not aware of. Rock hasn’t pressed charges and smith has seemingly moved on. Hopefully by tomorrow the media will have calmed down about it all too. Seems a reasonable summary. That said, it would have been amusing if they'd Lalalanded the best actor award and called Will Smith up then revealed some other bloke had won. Edited March 28, 2022 by Bully Wee Villa 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paranoid android Posted March 28, 2022 Share Posted March 28, 2022 There are cultural issues that make any mention of black American women's hair iffy. Smith clearly over-reacted, but it also clearly wasn't the time or place for Rock to make that comment, if ever there would be a right time for that. Had Smith not reacted, folk would still be talking about Rock's comment. Mental, though! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ConcernedReferee Posted March 28, 2022 Share Posted March 28, 2022 Credit to Chris Rock, Will Smith is a large man and Chris wouldn't have known as he was pacing up to him that it would be an aggressive slap and not a full on haymaker punch, thought he took it quite well. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Blades Posted March 28, 2022 Share Posted March 28, 2022 Even if Chris Rock had decided it was way out of line (the slap) & decided to press charges, no doubt Smith would have gotten off with it. His uncle is a judge ffs! 15 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paranoid android Posted March 28, 2022 Share Posted March 28, 2022 3 minutes ago, Dons_1988 said: Smith has lost it in the moment and crossed a line himself. It happens and he’s made an arse of himself imo. I wouldn’t be surprised if there’s more to it behind the scenes we’re not aware of. Surely if there's history, that's another reason for not going there? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dons_1988 Posted March 28, 2022 Share Posted March 28, 2022 1 minute ago, paranoid android said: Surely if there's history, that's another reason for not going there? Possibly, can’t say I know any of the history there 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DukDukGoose Posted March 28, 2022 Share Posted March 28, 2022 4 minutes ago, Dons_1988 said: Not sure sides need to be taken here. Rock hasn’t meant it maliciously but he’s made a poor error of judgement. Making a joke about someone’s appearance due to an illness is just not funny. It’s a stones throw away from laughing at a bald cancer patient. Smith has lost it in the moment and crossed a line himself. It happens and he’s made an arse of himself imo. I wouldn’t be surprised if there’s more to it behind the scenes we’re not aware of. Rock hasn’t pressed charges and smith has seemingly moved on. Hopefully by tomorrow the media will have calmed down about it all too. This is how I see it to be honest. I just take exception to the rule that comedians should be allowed to say what they want. Stems more from what folk in my group chat were saying and @19QOS19got the brunt of it. I'm not condoning assault on comedians. I don't see how they should be allowed to say what they want without the risk of someone giving them a crack. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paranoid android Posted March 28, 2022 Share Posted March 28, 2022 1 minute ago, Merkland Red said: This is how I see it to be honest. I just take exception to the rule that comedians should be allowed to say what they want. Stems more from what folk in my group chat were saying and @19QOS19got the brunt of it. I'm not condoning assault on comedians. I don't see how they should be allowed to say what they want without the risk of someone giving them a crack. I remember Jerry Sadowitz was once attacked on stage at a Canadian comedy festival for addressing the audience as 'moose fuckers' - Sadowitz had said worse than that, surely, and he hadn't just insulted anyone's Mrs. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
19QOS19 Posted March 28, 2022 Share Posted March 28, 2022 This is how I see it to be honest. I just take exception to the rule that comedians should be allowed to say what they want. Stems more from what folk in my group chat were saying and [mention=12169]19QOS19[/mention]got the brunt of it. I'm not condoning assault on comedians. I don't see how they should be allowed to say what they want without the risk of someone giving them a crack.So you've shat the bed from the (sensible) folk in your group chat and taken your rage out on a stranger on the internet instead is what you're saying? [emoji57](That was a joke. I apologise if my joke has caused any offence). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve_Wilkos Posted March 28, 2022 Share Posted March 28, 2022 If they decided to settle their scores like men in a boxing ring, my money would be on the fight lasting Seven Rounds. (A reference to the Will Smith film, Seven Pounds.) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MONKMAN Posted March 28, 2022 Share Posted March 28, 2022 I can’t imagine the shame in getting bitch slapped live on telly, to a global audience in the hundreds of millions, by a bloke who lets other men ride his wife. Will Smith is a big guy, but Chris Rock could have saved himself a bit of dignity by launching a full on assault and going out in a blaze of glory. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Moonster Posted March 28, 2022 Share Posted March 28, 2022 32 minutes ago, Merkland Red said: I've watched and enjoyed plenty stand up shows. Can you explain why it's ok for comedians to profit from making a c**t of others with no repercussions, please? I'm not sure this line works. Pretty much the entire rap industry was built on folk taking the c**t out of each other. Stevie Farrell also makes a c**t of his Dumbarton side on a weekly basis. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DukDukGoose Posted March 28, 2022 Share Posted March 28, 2022 4 minutes ago, 19QOS19 said: So you've shat the bed from the (sensible) folk in your group chat and taken your rage out on a stranger on the internet instead is what you're saying? (That was a joke. I apologise if my joke has caused any offence). Well the guy I disagreed with posts the odd Roy Chubby Brown video so... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DukDukGoose Posted March 28, 2022 Share Posted March 28, 2022 Just now, The Moonster said: I'm not sure this line works. Pretty much the entire rap industry was built on folk taking the c**t out of each other. Stevie Farrell also makes a c**t of his Dumbarton side on a weekly basis. Yeah. And then some of them started shooting each other. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cptn Hooch Posted March 28, 2022 Share Posted March 28, 2022 21 minutes ago, Merkland Red said: No you didn't. You said something along the lines of "it's their job". You've not explained why you think it's ok. Are you one of the guys who writes to ITV when Ant and Dec say "bum" on national tv? 18 minutes ago, Bully Wee Villa said: That said, it would have been amusing if they'd Lalalanded the best actor award and called Will Smith up then revealed some other bloke had won. Chris Rock for his performance in "selling the slap" 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Moonster Posted March 28, 2022 Share Posted March 28, 2022 4 minutes ago, Merkland Red said: Yeah. And then some of them started shooting each other. I don't think they were shooting each other because of lines a song. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caledonian1 Posted March 28, 2022 Share Posted March 28, 2022 1 hour ago, Fratelli said: What if he had a knife. Makes u think I could have been me. i appeared on an advert which aired on Grampian TV in 1992....makes you think..... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarcastic Bairn Posted March 28, 2022 Share Posted March 28, 2022 19 minutes ago, ConcernedReferee said: Credit to Chris Rock, Will Smith is a large man and Chris wouldn't have known as he was pacing up to him that it would be an aggressive slap and not a full on haymaker punch, thought he took it quite well. He was lucky it was the only guy not banging her in the audience that got up. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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