Being slapped in public can leave you embarrassed for life. And now imagine being a globally renowned celebrity and getting slapped in front of thousands of people. This is what happened to Chris Rock when Will Smith came to him and smacked him hard for mocking his wife Jada’s baldness while announcing an award at 94th Academy Awards. And this was not the first time when a celeb got slapped in public. Earlier in this incident, the audience has witnessed a number of moments where the celebrities got embarrassed for life after getting slapped in public. Here we bring you a list of 9 celebrities who were slapped in public:
1. Sushant Singh Rajput: The Late Bollywood actor was slapped by his ex-girlfriend Ankita Lokhande who was his co-star in Pavitra Rishta. The actress slapped him in public after she caught him flirting with another girl.
2. Amrita Rao: Amrita Rao was once slapped by her co-star Esha Goel after they got indulged in a heated argument. In an interview with TOI, Esha had revealed, "Yes, I slapped Amrita. One day after pack-up, she abused me in front of my director, Indra Kumar and my cameraman and I thought that was totally out of line. To protect my self-respect and dignity.”
3. Gauhar Khan: Gauhar Khan was slapped once slapped by a man from the audience while shooting a show tilted Rawstar. The man later revealed that he did so because he was annoyed with Gauhar wearing short dresses. The man was later booked for molestation and assault charges.
4. Abhinav Kohli: Shweta Tiwari is still considered one of the most celebrated actresses of the industry. Once his first husband Raja Chaudhary had slapped her second husband Abhinav Kohli in front of the police.
5. Abhishek Awasthi: Do you know who Abhishek Awasthi is? He is Rakhi Sawant's ex-boyfriend. Now, who would have slapped him? Rakhi Sawant, Yes. Abhishek was once slapped by his girlfriend.
6. Bipasha Basu: What Bipasha Basu too? It was Kareena Kapoor who had allegedly slapped Bipasha and even called her 'Kaali Billi'. It was in 2001 when Kareena Kapoor's designer had reportedly helped Bipasha without the former's consent which led to a 'catfight' between the two actresses.
7. Karan Singh Grover: Karan Singh Grover was slapped by his own wife, Jennifer Winget. The incident happened on the set of Dil Mil Gayee, where the actress latestly got to know about him cheating on her with another actress.
8. Salman Khan: In 2009, an inebriated girl, daughter of a Delhi businessman, barged into the Bollywood actor's private party and slapped the star in front of everybody. Though the slap was not caught on camera, but a news report said the incident happened after the girl had also abused Sushmita Sen and Sohail Khan at the same gathering.
9. Chris Rocks: Recently, Will Smith shocked everyone when he walked up on stage at the Oscars and slapped Chris Rock. It so happened that Chris cracked a joke about Will's wife Jada Pinkett's hair. It didn't go down well with Will who smacked Chris and screamed, 'Keep my wife's name out of your f***king mouth.'
