Body Language Analyst Reacts to "Slap Chris" Incident

Will Smith slapped Chris Rock at the 2022 Academy Awards after the comedian made a joke about the Oscar winning actor's wife, Jada Pinkett Smith. 

That “moment of madness” from him – read my post “Slap Chris” published March 29 – didn’t end just there. 

Not long after that, there was Smith's tearful best actor acceptance speech, in which he (left) apologized to the Academy and his fellow nominees – but then, at the same time, he had defended his action, even framing himself as a protector of his family. And he received a standing ovation. 

He then made a show of posing and dancing with his best actor statuette at the after-show party in classic Big Willie style, as if nothing had happened. 

And yet, on Friday, he resigned his membership from the Oscars Academy and had acknowledged how "shocking, painful and inexcusable" his “Slap Chris” stunt was. 

Let me say here that I’m not a fan of Will Smith but this video which offers an analysis of body language and behavior of that “moment of madness” from the actor is worth checking out – more so, when some people have speculated that it was all staged!