Judd Apatow Admits He Wasn't Even Watching The Oscars When He Tweeted His Controversial Will Smith Comments!
29.03.2022 - 17:05
/ perezhilton.com
Is Judd Apatow having second thoughts about his very hot take on The Slap??
Among everyone else, the Funny People director weighed in on Will Smith smacking Chris Rock on live TV during the Oscars ceremony Sunday night.
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If you (somehow??) haven’t seen by now, Rock poked fun at Jada Pinkett Smith‘s bald look, comparing her to G.I. Jane. Pretty gross considering it’s not a style choice but a result of her battle with alopecia, something she’s made emotional public statements about being embarrassed and distraught over. But Will shocked the audience by getting out of his seat, walking up to Rock, and slapping him across the face — before yelling:
Judd came out swinging, so to speak, on Rock’s side. He gave one of the strongest characterizations of Will’s behavior, writing:
Whoa! He also wrote:
Followed by jokes about how there would be violence against more comics, like co-host Amy Schumer:
However, he deleted every tweet by the morning. So did he have second thoughts? Certainly a lot of folks have been chastising his take ever since, with many even suggesting his characterization of Will as “out of control” and consumed by “rage” are the result of an underlying racist bias.
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See just a few of the many (below)!
So did Judd delete because of the backlash? Because he realized he was wrong?
Not exactly. He’s hardly apologizing in his first interview since, instead telling Jessica Shaw on SiriusXM’s Pop Culture Spotlight that he’s just entertaining himself — and doesn’t want to be taken so seriously:
Wow, it really seemed like he had such a strong, visceral reaction! We kind of thought