Locke responds to Oscar slap incident: There has been a long-standing grudge between them

According to a Reuters report on the 5th, almost a year after being slapped by the well-known American actor Will Smith at the Oscars, American comedian Chris Rock attacked Will Smith and his wife on a live broadcast. He joked He said he enjoyed seeing the actor get punched in his latest film. It was also mentioned that their relationship had become tense in 2016.

According to the report, Locke said that he had been watching "Emancipation" just to see the movie starring Smith in the live broadcast of the American video-on-demand company "Netflix" (Netflix) at the Arena Theater in Baltimore on the 4th local time. In "being scolded" and "beaten".

Will Smith's slap once caused a lot of attention. According to previous reports, on the evening of March 27, 2022, an amazing scene occurred at the 94th Academy Awards in the United States: when preparing to award the Oscar-winning film for best documentary, one of the award presenters of the night, the American comedy Actor The Rock made fun of Will Smith's wife Jada Pinkett Smith's alopecia on stage. According to the live video of the award ceremony, Pinkett was dissatisfied with the joke and gave Locke a blank look. Afterwards, Will Smith walked up to the stage, slapped Locke hard, then turned and walked back to the audience.

According to Reuters, Locke has been almost silent on the matter until this live broadcast. He accused Will Smith of "selective anger", which is also the name of his hour-long live broadcast. Rock also mentioned that Will Smith's wife Pinkett had sparked tension between the three of them, in part because she called for a boycott of the Oscars in 2016, when Rock was hosting, the report said. Tate has said she was protesting that Will Smith and other black actors were not nominated.

Locke also brought up marital issues that the Smiths have publicly discussed: Pinkett admitted to an extramarital affair in 2020. Locke claimed that "she hurt him far more than he hurt me". The Smiths did not immediately respond to a request for comment.