Actor Will Smith walked onstage and slapped comedian Chris Rock during the Oscars -- igniting a firestorm of controversy. People in Selma were watching and have mixed reaction on who's to blame. alnews selma alabamanewsnetwork
The incident at the Oscars between Will Smith and Chris Rock — has everybody talking. So, we asked people in Selma what they thought about the incident.
“He decided to pick on obviously this man’s wife, who I’ve read has an illness, the reason why that she you know, that she’s kind of, doesn’t have hair. And I feel like, he was right going up there slappin’ ’em,” said Tynesia Safford. “You could have waited until it was over with. Had a conversation with him. Instead of just snacking the man on TV like that,” said Shawanda Smith.
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