Stars Slapback at Will Smith's Slap
Rich and Weekly
Wondery
4.0 • 962 Ratings
🗓️ 30 March 2022
⏱️ 18 minutes
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Summary
It’s Slapgate, Day 3! Actor Will Smith posted a big apology on Insta Monday for smacking Chris Rock on Oscar night -- in front of the whole world. But not everyone’s feeling the love. Plenty of celebs and comedians are rallying to support Chris and condemn the violence. So don’t expect the blowback to die down anytime soon. And knowing Chris, he might just deliver the final punch…line.
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| 0:00.0 | Sometimes something so big happens it takes a while for people to just shut up about it. |
| 0:14.4 | I know, I mean, it's like when I was famously in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade, |
| 0:17.8 | like that was, what, 18 years ago and we're all still talking about it, all of us. Well, what's crazy is that's obviously what I was referring to but our |
| 0:26.4 | producer McKila was like no you have to talk about Slab Gate and it's like okay |
| 0:30.2 | it's not as big but okay right because yeah we have another gate and it's not as big, but okay. Right. |
| 0:32.5 | Because yeah, we have another gate, and it's been a couple of days now, |
| 0:35.9 | but clips of Will Smith slapping Chris Rock at the Oscars |
| 0:40.2 | are literally everywhere. |
| 0:42.3 | Yeah, like truly that clip is now burned in my brain like I don't |
| 0:46.0 | need to see it again because it's just right there and I know this whole thing is not going |
| 0:50.4 | away anytime soon because now the Smith family is starting to talk about it. |
| 0:54.7 | Yeah and is the case with everything in this world? |
| 0:58.8 | Celebrity who have nothing to do with it are taking sides and sharing their opinions. |
| 1:03.0 | Yes, them and podcasters. |
| 1:05.0 | We are on the same level. |
| 1:08.0 | Yep. From Wundery, I'm Eresha Skidmore Williams. |
| 1:10.0 | And I'm Brooke Ziffon. |
| 1:11.0 | It's Wednesday, March 30th. and you're listening to Rich and Daily. world on a diamond high. |
| 1:23.0 | I see that hair toss. |
| 1:25.0 | Give me that voss, |
| 1:26.0 | we got the hot toss. |
| 1:28.0 | Hello, I'm Hannah and I'm Sirouty. And we are the hosts of Red-handed, a weekly true-crime |
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