Howard Stern in contrast Will Smith to Donald Trump through 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 stay tv after Rock made a joke about Jada Pinkett Smith’s shaved head. Pinkett Smith shaved her head final yr as a result of she has alopecia, which causes hair loss.
“He opened hand with plenty of power, smacks him proper within the mouth on TV,” Stern mentioned.
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“Now the very first thing I mentioned to myself was ‘what the f–k is happening, is that this a bit?’ as a result of the place is safety? This can be a stay tv occasion! Not one individual 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. Unhealthy 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 corresponding 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 apply to stroll up on stage and bodily assault a comic. Now all of us have to fret about who desires to be the subsequent Will Smith in comedy golf equipment and theaters.”
Different celebrities corresponding to Tiffany Haddish have been in Smith’s nook. Haddish starred with Pinkett Smith within the comedy Women Journey and informed Individuals journal that Will Smith smacking Rock was “essentially the most stunning factor I’ve ever seen.”
“Once I noticed a Black man arise 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, ‘Maintain my spouse’s identify out your mouth, depart my spouse alone,’ that is what your husband is meant to do, proper? Defend 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 essentially 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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