Shock jock Howard Stern is weighing in on the Will Smith controversy from the 2022 Oscars. Like most other celebrities, the 68-year-old comedian was horrified to see Smith smack Chris Rock across the face for making a joke about Jada Pinkett Smith’s hair loss.
Stern said the whole event “disturbed” him.
“This is a sign of great mental illness when you can’t control your impulse. Not only that, it was hardly an insulting joke. It was not even a good joke,” the “Private Parts” alum said on his SiriusXM show Monday.
“The joke, quite frankly, was beneath Chris Rock. It was a throwaway. You look like G.I. Jane.”
He went on to describe Smith as “a guy who’s got real issues.”
“[Smith] didn’t think twice about what he was about to do,” Stern continued. “Now that’s crazy, when you can’t contain yourself like that.”
He also claimed “gentle soul” Rock didn’t deserve to get hit by Smith, who was “clearly insane.”
“Poor Chris Rock is a comedian and just trying to get through the day to make the f***ing people laugh at that horrible ceremony,” Stern continued. “[Rock is] so fast comedy wise, he actually covered and made a joke and said, ‘Gee, best Oscars yet.’”
The Sirius host continued, “He was able to comment outside of what just happened to him and then he got flustered. He got f***ed over.”
Stern compared Smith to former President Donald Trump.
“The first thing I said to my wife, ‘The f*** is going on? Is this a bit? Because, where’s security?” he recalled. “This is a live television event. Not one person came out, because he’s Will Smith.”
“This is how Trump gets away with s***,” Stern continued. “Will Smith and Trump are the same guy. He decided he’s going to take matters into his own hands, at a time when the world is at war. Bad timing man, calm your f***ing ass down.”
Elsewhere on the podcast, the syndicated host argued that the joke wasn’t even that offensive.
“He got up and he compared Jada Pinkett Smith to one of the most beautiful women in the world, Demi Moore,” Stern said. “You don’t hit people over speech, certainly not at the Academy Awards, and Will Smith’s got to contain himself.”
“Here’s Hollywood that’s so outraged by every little thing. Not one person got up and said, hold on, we got an out of control situation here,” he went on. “How this guy was allowed to sit there for the rest of the awards, and he’s laughing it up and having a good time with his wife. What he did was he just assaulted Chris Rock.”
The Academy issued a statement on the events of the evening, asserting that they do not condone violence.
“The Academy does not condone violence of any form,” the tweet said. “Tonight we are delighted to celebrate our 94th Academy Awards winners, who deserve this moment of recognition from their peers and movie lovers around the world.”
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