Chris Rock Destroys Ric Flair’s Argument About ‘Staged’ Slap at Oscars 2022 With Boxing Legend Comparison

Chris Rock and Will Smith were involved in one of the infamous incidents at the 2022 Oscars. The surprising act by Will Smith stunned the audience and instantly garnered the attention of people worldwide. Various fans, actors, and athletes have shared their opinions about the incident.

WWE legend, Ric Flair, has also shared his opinion about the incident and thinks that it was a staged act.

In a podcast of Hotboxin’ with Mike Tyson, which is yet to be telecast, Ric Flair shared his opinion of the incident with Mike Tyson.

According to the reports in Mirror, Ric Flair says, “If I didn’t like a remark, for any reason whatsoever, that somebody said about my wife, I would be punching them — not slapping them.”

Ric Flair believes that if Smith was so angry, he would have punched Rock and not slapped him. 

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On the other side, to clear Flair’s doubt, the producer of the Oscars show, Will Packer, opened up on the show Good Morning America. He talks about his discussion with Chris Rock after the incident.

Packer talked about how when he went backstage he asked Rock,” did he really hit you ?”

Chris Rock replied with a witty answer, “Yeah! I just took a punch from Muhammad Ali.”

 Rock inserted a punchline while replying to Packer about the incident with Will Smith. He compared the hit with Smith’s movie, in which he was the lead actor and portrayed the character of Muhammad Ali.

Will Smith training for his role as Muhammad Ali

Will Smith performed outstandingly in the character of Muhammad Ali. Notably, this was Smith’s first Oscars nomination.

Smith went under hard and vigorous training to get into the character of the legendary boxer, Muhammad Ali, and was applauded for his work.

While Will was nominated for his work in Ali, he did not win the award that year. He finally won his first Oscar this year, just minutes after the infamous ‘Slapgate’ incident.

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What are your thoughts about the infamous Oscars incident between Rock and Smith? Do you think it was staged? Let us know.