Mike Tyson Backs Ill-Founded Claim Surrounding Will Smith at 2022 Oscars

The former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson nodded with the legendary professional wrestler Ric Flair over Will Smith’s slap at the 94th Academy Awards, aka 2022 Oscars ceremony.

Notably, the legends of their art are longtime friends and now turned into business partners.

Recently, the duo sat together on the podcast ‘Hotboxin with Mike Tyson’. While promoting their business, they took up the infamous exchange between renowned actor Will Smith and comedian Chris Rock that remained the subject of talk for days in the streets of Hollywood.

The debatable GOAT of WWE claimed it was all staged to create a kind of buzz and it’s not even close to reality.

Ric Flair said, “I didn’t think it was real.”

Interestingly, ‘The Baddest Man on the Planet’ also backed the ill-claim of his friend and said, “If Ric says it’s a fake, then it’s a fake.”

However, the 73-year-old didn’t stop. Flair added, “I can speak for myself, and I’m pretty sure I’m speaking for Mike: 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.” [H/T UpdatesPlug]

Moreover, ‘Iron Mike’ agreed with his friend and added that if it was real, then it would be over one punch.

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What happened between Chris Rock and Will Smith?

While hosting the Oscars, Chris Rock poked a joke at Will Smith’s wife Jada Pinkett Smith, giving a reference from the movie ‘G.I. Jane’. However, it did not sit well with the actor, as he walked on stage and slapped Chris Rock on the face.

Until Will Smith turned back to his place and started shouting, everyone attending the Oscars thought it was a staged drama.

However, it was all so smooth that there are still many people who barely believe that it was all real. Mike Tyson and Ric Flair are also among those who agree that it was all fake.

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