Wanda Sykes said she felt physically ill after Will Smith slapped Chris Rock across the face at the Oscars, and she's angry Smith was permitted to stay and collect his award.
FILE - Host Wanda Sykes appears onstage at the Oscars on Sunday, March 27, 2022, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. Sykes said she felt physically ill after Will Smith slapped Chris Rock across the face at the Oscars, and she's angry Smith was permitted to stay and collect his award. Sykes, co-hosted Sunday at the Dolby Theatre with Amy Schumer and Regina Hall.
“Then someone showed me on the video,” Sykes said, “and I just felt so awful for my friend, Chris. It was sickening. I physically felt ill, and I'm still a little traumatized by it." The room and millions watching live were stunned. Soon after, Smith won his first-ever Academy Award for playing tennis dad Richard Williams in “King Richard” and gave a tearful acceptance speech in which he apologized but not directly to Rock. That came later in a statement.Sykes, in a video released of her interview by “The Ellen Show,” said letting Smith stay and accept his award should not have happened.
Schumer, in a since-deleted Instagram post, said she was “triggered and traumatized” by what happened.
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