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It's why people don't report things for years because there isn't slow-motion or music telling us how to feel or that this is a defining moment. "And then they just kind of went along with it, and that's how trauma works. "So if you think about it, a very powerful man got up and assaulted someone and then sat back down and enjoyed the show and laughed and clapped, and the audience were like, 'I guess nothing happened,'" she continued. Any one of us, if we're part of a crowd, it works that way." "Audiences - and we know this as comedians - are a monolith. "You know, I hadn't said anything about The Slap, but you know what's interesting about it to me?" she added. When Behar said "it's outrageous" that "all the sudden, if you say something they don't like, they decide that they can come up and hit you," Silverman agreed. For some reason I'm not ," said Silverman, as she struggled to find the right words to express her feelings. "Are you nervous about getting onstage since the slap that was heard around the world? And also Chappelle, the other day, had an incident?" "You're back on the stage doing stand-up, I understand," said Joy Behar. Silverman appeared on The View to promote her new musical, "The Bedwetter," but in the second half of the interview, the discussion turned to the current state of comedy. "People have higher expectations of their comedians than their representatives," she told the co-hosts.

Silverman insisted that she doesn't "feel scared" in the wake of Will Smith's altercation with Chris Rock and the recent attack on Dave Chappelle, but she admitted it's an "odd" time to be a comedian.

I know to do what we do you’ve got to be able to take abuse, and have people talk crazy about you and have people disrespecting you and you’ve got to smile and pretend it’s OK.After avoiding all things slap-related for nearly six weeks, Sarah Silverman found herself in the hot seat Wednesday morning when she was asked about the infamous Oscars moment on The View. When Smith took to the stage to collect his Best Actor award for his role as Richard Williams – the father of tennis stars Venus and Serena – in King Richard, he referred to the character as “a fierce defender of his family.” He continued: “I’m being called on in my life to love people and to protect people and to be a river to my people. “Will and Chris, we’re going to solve this – but right now we’re moving on with love,” the rapper said. The next presenter, Sean “Diddy” Combs, tried to calm the situation. In the press room, which the actor skipped after collecting his prize, instructions were given to the journalists not to ask questions about the incident, Luis Pablo Beauregard reports. In fact, the curse word was censored by the broadcaster, ABC, in the United States.ĭuring a break, Smith’s PR manager approached him to speak. The fact that he used the f-word, which is prohibited on US television, set alarm bells ringing that this was real and not a planned moment. When he returned to his seat he raised his voice twice to shout “Get my wife’s name out of your fucking mouth,” sending a wave of unease and shock through the attending audience. But his wife was seen on camera rolling her eyes, and it was then that the actor got up onto the stage and hit Rock. When he first heard Rock’s joke, he laughed. More informationĪt first sight, Smith’s actions looked as if they were scripted. Just like the time when Warren Beatty mistakenly named La La Land as the big winner of the night, no one will speak about anything else from last night’s awards. The incident overshadowed the success of CODA, which took the Oscar for Best Picture. After taking the prize for Best Actor, the superstar actor made a tearful apology, saying that he hoped the Academy “will invite me back.” Later on, actor Anthony Hopkins called for “peace and love,” but it was already too late. The moment, which immediately became Oscar history but for all the wrong reasons, left the attendees with frozen smiles, and asking themselves whether it was possible that a veteran such as Smith could have lost his cool in front of tens of millions of people. It looked as if the moment had been planned, until Smith went back to his seat and shouted: “Get my wife’s name out of your fucking mouth.” Pinkett Smith has revealed publicly that she has alopecia. Rock had quipped that he was “looking forward to GI Jane 2,” in reference to her look. The night was following the script, until Smith slapped comedian Chris Rock on the stage after the latter made a joke about the shaved head of the former’s wife, Jada Pinkett Smith. Will Smith took the Oscar for Best Actor at last night’s 94th Academy Awards, but he also became the protagonist of the ceremony for other reasons.
