Judd Apatow's Take Claiming Will Smith 'Could Have Killed Chris Rock' With Slap Mocked Online
Judging by social media reactions, the only thing anyone cares about this morning is that Will Smith slapped Chris Rock at last night's 94th Academy Awards. It was a moment that True Posters knew would lead to a Twitter meltdown, because it would immediately become a thing everyone would have to have an opinion on — many of those opinions labeled “bad.”
Of these, the first of likely many to make headlines came from director Judd Apatow, who was aghast at the slap, saying Smith "could've killed him."
While it's understandable Apatow would condemn the slap, as it was widely viewed as an overreaction to a tasteless but light joke about Jada Pinkett-Smith's alopecia, it seems extreme to claim an open-handed slap could have "killed" Chris Rock. Twitter took to widely dunking on Apatow's handwringing with various jokes imagining how that could have happened.
Many also noted that Apatow's condemnation of Smith's slap stood in stark contrast to how Apatow had defended accused abusers James Franco and Lena Dunham.
Apatow's tweet was later deleted, but it will live on in public memory, at least until another incendiary tweeter replaces Apatow as the site's main character.
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BaronVonJello
Pretty sure he's referring to the rage that could have killed Rock, not the slap itself.
Ravaryn
One of the competitors at a Polish slap fighting competition died from being slapped like… 4 months ago.
So is it
possiblehe could have died? Technically yes, but I don't think he would have hit Chris with the amount of force needed to cause a brain hemorrhage.Ölmir Hammer
>fall and hit your head
Human life can be fragile.
Brad
Came here to say that. People don't realize they're one bad fall away from lights out.
Adam
i mean yes, but in that case chris rock could have also died if he tripped while walking onto the stage or at any moment in his waking life.
Rynjin
He didn't even hit Chris Rock hard enough to make him do more than stumble, much less fall down. This shit is like two kids fighting, nobody was ever going to get hurt from a slap.