Howard Stern in contrast Will Smith to Donald Trump in the course of the March 28 episode of his long-running SiriusXM radio present.
Stern was responding to the drama that unfolded on the 94th Academy Awards, the place Will Smith took the stage and slapped Chris Rock on dwell tv after Rock made a joke about Jada Pinkett Smith’s shaved head. Pinkett Smith shaved her head final 12 months as a result of she has alopecia, which causes hair loss.
“He opened hand with a whole lot of power, smacks him proper within the mouth on TV,” Stern stated.
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“Now the very first thing I stated to myself was ‘what the f–k is occurring, is that this a bit?’ as a result of the place is safety? It is a dwell tv occasion! Not one particular person got here out, as a result of he is Will Smith, that is how Trump will get away with s–t. Will Smith and Trump are the identical man. He determined he’ll take issues into his personal palms.”
Stern added, “At a time when the world is at warfare. Dangerous timing, man. Calm your f—ing ass down… [And Chris Rock] was flustered, he was clearly, his head, he acquired f—ed over.”
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Stern wasn’t the one Hollywood voice condemning Will Smith after the Oscars. Comedians similar to Kathy Griffin, Judd Apatow and extra spoke out towards Smith following the slap, with Griffin posting on Twitter: “Let me inform you one thing, it is a very dangerous follow to stroll up on stage and bodily assault a comic. Now all of us have to fret about who desires to be the following Will Smith in comedy golf equipment and theaters.”
Different celebrities similar to Tiffany Haddish have been in Smith’s nook. Haddish starred with Pinkett Smith within the comedy Ladies Journey and informed Folks journal that Will Smith smacking Rock was “probably the most stunning factor I’ve ever seen.”
“Once I noticed a Black man rise up for his spouse. That meant a lot to me,” Haddish added.
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“As a girl, who has been unprotected, for somebody to say like, ‘Preserve my spouse’s title out your mouth, depart my spouse alone,’ that is what your husband is meant to do, proper? Shield you. And that meant the world to me. And possibly the world may not like the way it went down, however for me, it was probably the most stunning factor I ever seen as a result of it made me consider that there are nonetheless males on the market that love and care about their ladies, their wives.”
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