This is the intelligent, thoughtful Jim Carrey I admire. What an excellent interview. I'm heartened by the support shown him. I am so disappointed in Will Smith. I think the Academy and audience were just stunned and didn't know how to proceed. Sadly, Smith seemed to be still inhabiting his role as King Richard who was known for brawling and also abusing his wife.

I liked a comment from a stand-up comedian: "Smiths behavior set a precedent that if you get offended by a joke, you can walk on the stage and assault the person." I totally agree with that.

I have alopecia, have had it since childhood, and have had my unfair share of bullying because of it. I wholeheartedly agree with Jim Carrey - you don't get the right to violence because someone said words.

Jim is sickened that Will gets a standing ovation but not the fact that too many of his peers have actively supported a known pedophile rapist named Roman Polanski? Who fled to France so he wouldn't be in jail? Or how about when John Wayne tried to assault a native american who asked for better treatment in 1973 and Clint Eastwood mocked her. Oh, talk about the irony! They never want to ask them the really HARD questions. Hollywood truly does pick and choose what's right and what's wrong as long as it makes them money. It's hollywood where morals don't matter and money does! I'm positive Carrey would never go there since that would mean career suicide for him. If anyone is spineless, it's truly him. I didn't have much respect for anyone in hollywood but now I'm glad I don't. Reasons why george carlin has always remained my favorite comedian. He was an insightful man that knew what it meant to truly be funny and wasn't afraid to speak his mind.

To be honest, I think they’re both in the wrong. Chris Rock did deserve the slap, physical or not. Perhaps not in front of television. It’s heartless to make a joke out of someone’s medical condition for a chuckle. Will Smith perhaps should have slapped him with words—stating how cruel Rock’s joke was. To him he was defending his spouse. Maybe he should have taken the mic from Rock and explained it was nasty? What is done is unfortunately done.

This is probably get me some downvotes but please, help me understand this. I don't get it. Will Smith slapped Chris Rock because he made a joke about his wife medical condition? And now Will is the bad guy, for reacting emotional/violently? But no one is talking about Chris making a sick joke about someone's medical condition? If it was cancer...would people still let Chris walk away with this joke or was the whole world all over him and agreeing with Will? And the narrative would be like: if it was my wife I would have done this and that. But because it is not cancer but alopecia...the joke is oke? Please enlighten me, I sincerely don't get the fuss. To me, it feels like the class-bully is harrassing this kid, until this kid gets mad and start a fight to defend himself but he gets expelled and the bully walks away. But then again, I don't know the full story and the full history on Will and Chris, what triggered his reaction.

Had this actually been real. The Oscar's would have immediately stopped while Will Smith was escorted to a secure location and Chris Rock would have been checked out by medical. I mean think about it for a minute 🤔 this was staged.

See this is what happens when you worship humans as if they were gods. F*** Hollywood.

They both were wrong and both idiots and I have no idea why any of us give them ANY thought or time. I guarantee they don't give a flip what interweb people think.

If the 'slap' had never happened, what sanction would have been applied to Chris Rock for his verbal assault on Smith's partner, for abusing her, for embarrassing her, for bullying her in relation to her medical condition? Nothing at all! So until such time as such extremely bad behaviour can be effectively dealt with, then may be the physical approach is the only way. Allowing a bully to get away with it is also a very bad look on TV.

I am very confused as to why people are so against " violence" when its a slap between two men but it's fine if its the sentencing after a crime, someone hurt an animal or a child... war... Always need to support the troops! I'd rather have grown men settle a dispute with a slap than waste money, time and human lives over BS! Violence never seems to be the answer until its the answer. Can't have it both ways...

Smith got a standing ovation because people feel that comedians who make harsh jokes always deserve what's coming to them. Then they go home and watch celebrity roasts on tv or on Youtube and laugh their heads off. Hypocrites.

Kareem Abdul Jabbar has wrote the definitive essay on this whole sorry saga...check it out

I support Will... It would be different if nobody knew the circumstances... But the fact his wife has been struggling with this publicly for years and that's your choice of a "joke"... I miss the days when real men stood up for their women. I'm so sick of the complete passive let people treat you like crap and it's ok... But stand up for yourself and/or your family and shame on you? Our world has some messed up views.

Jim Carrey making sense. Oh well first time for everything. After all - his ideas on vaccines fuel the anti vax movement - also a friendly an non violent group - eh? Oh.. wait.. https://twitter.com/jimcarrey/status/616073415812759553

He's a s**t. That was totally uncalled for. I hope they take his Oscar back!

If you make a comment on my or my family's medical issue like that I'm the type of guy that knock CR out but I can understand the other perspective u have to understand you shouldn't make a mean joke if you don't want consequences.

Jim Carey should be the last person condemning Smith. He has spent years insulting and making fun of people. It’s hypocritical and he gets news coverage, which is his aim. I agree that Smith should not have done it. But I also think the last person to be all over the news commenting on it is Carey and Hulk Hogan. Both have had questionable behaviour through the years.

Don’t hate me but yes he shouldn’t of done that and I don’t agree with violence but the guy who was making fun of his wife who has aelpeacha its not nice but what would u do if that was ur wife , husband , sister ,brother , best friend or some one really close to you wouldn’t u feel angry

I am honestly tired of hearing about this. But even if cancel culture gets Will Smith it will not stick forever. I am not defending his actions at all, because violence is never the answer. But I also think that comedians feel like they have the green light to tell jokes about anyone no matter the situation, and its not always funny to go after someone personally just to get a laugh. At this point this has benefited Chris to the fullest. Shows that he could not sell out are suddenly sold out and cheapest ticket is 700.00 is this a stunt, possibly. Violence is never the answer and Will should of taken the opportunity to say that not all jokes are funny and how they hurt people. Plus I dont understand why Jada didnt stop him from gong on that stage.

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Didn't watch the oscars (I forgot they exist) but when I saw the quick clip of this my first reaction was "great. this s**t is going to be everywhere for how many days?", my second reaction was "obviously will smith did this to be on everyone's radar again" and now I'm curious if it was for somehow Jim Carrey to be relevant again.

Will Smith contradicted himself on so many levels - from his "acceptance speech" preaching that you have to take the good with the bad in "the work they do" and he even laughs at Chis Rock BEORE and AFTER Rock made the comment about his wife, then its almost a switcharoo and only then does Smith go on stage and b*tch slaps Rock. It all seemed like he did it as an afterthought because Smiths wife obviously got p1ssy with him for laughing at the "joke" and he had to redeem himself to his wife. If Pinkett Smith was truly so badly insulted by the "insult comedy" from Chris Rock why did she just sit there with a crass smile and roll her eyes, that is looking like she's REALLY BADLY insulted - NOT! Will Smith = under the thumb and an ego the size of Jupiter with a whole family that has an obvious victim mentality.

A tasteless joke doesn't equal a punch in the face and swearing on national television, I'm sorry Will. I salute Chris Rock for keeping it cool and his composure and recovery during this scene, it was very classy to take the high road and brush it off like this. As for Will, I blame the covid pandemic and his obnoxious slutty wife for his emotional state. He is obviously under a lot of stress and an emotional rack not to evaluate the proper ways to react on national television and on such an event. Honestly I've never imagined him acting this way in private and definitely not in public. So why never beat the s**t out of the men your wife slept with, but slap around the man who makes a tasteless joke about her? Will has lost all connection to the mother ship, I tell ya.

I think both men have done well. Jim for addressing the right issue and Will for admitting his wrong action and apologizing. Mistakes can always happen to anyone, but the more important part is how we deal with them afterwards. And it's definitely spineless to clap for something we know is wrong but because it is done by a public person we bend our moral standing on it. Not sure if Rock has apologized for such a bully comment though.

What did Will Smith mean "He is a work in Progress" and is not indicative of the "Man I want to be"? At his age and in his position he should know who and what he is by now! He proved that he is a violent man this is not the perception a black man should be showing to the public! Even in defense of his wife. He should have stood up took he hand and left. Maybe it I just me but I thought I saw as he was walking away from the confrontation a smirk on his face. He should have accepted the Oscar but not on stage as a protest to the comment made by Chris Rock and to the Academy for not curbing a comment like this!

High five to Him Carrey's responses. @WillSmith was so wrong in so many ways that I've lost my taste to see the movie. His acceptance speech should have been an apology to @ChrisRock and a simple thank you for the award then leave the stage, instead he tried to justify his behavior into a normal action. Also stunned and incredibly disappointed that he was given a standing ovation as it only supports his BS justification and put a stamp of approval on his horrible behavior.