Will Smith appears to slap Chris Rock during Oscars ceremony

Published March 27, 2022 at 8:34 AM EDT

Chris Rock and Will Smith are seen onstage during the 94th Annual Academy Awards in what appeared to be an altercation following a joke Rock made about Smith's wife, Jada Pinkett Smith.

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