Watch | Will Smith slaps Chris Rock for mocking his wife's baldness at Oscars 2022

Noted as one of the most unusual events in the history of Oscars, the 94th Academy Awards witnessed Will Smith getting on the stage and smacking presenter Chris Rocks for mocking his wife Jada Pinkett Smith’s baldness.

The anger of Smith touched the sky, when Rocks, presenting the best documentary prize with a short comedy routine, cracked a joke about Smith’s wife Jada being in the sequel of G.I. Joe’s sequel. He mocked her lack of hair while comparing her tightly cropped hair to Demi Moore's appearance in the film "G.I. Jane"

According to People Magazine, Jada is suffering from a disease called alopecia, which is a disease that causes hair loss. Joke around his wife made Smith lose his temper and in rage, he stood up from his seat near the stage, strode up to Rock, and slapped him. After sitting back down, Smith shouted at Rock to “keep my wife’s name out of your (expletive) mouth.”
 

The slap from Smith made the Dolby theatre go in complete silence. The moment shocked the Dolby Theatre audience and viewers at home. During the commercial break, presenter Daniel Kaluuya came up to hug Smith, and Denzel Washington escorted him to the side of the stage.

Smith later won the Best Actor Oscar for his performance in King Richard. In his acceptance speech, he said, “I wanna apologize to the Academy… to all my fellow nominees. … Art imitates life, I look like the crazy father! … Love will make you do crazy things.”