‘He Should Be Stripped of”- Serena Williams’ Sister Comes Down Hard on Will Smith After the Infamous Oscar Slap
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Serena Williams has recently been in the news for her racquet swinging skills. But rather for a film, making it big in Hollywood. The Will Smith starrer movie, King Richard, which is based on Venus and Serena’s father and long-time coach, Richard Williams is now the talk of the town.
Will Smith, who played the Williams patriarch also won an Academy Award for his performance. But that is not why people have been talking about Smith. In a bizarre turn of events, the 94th Academy Awards saw him slapping the presenter, comedian Chris Rock, for making an insensitive joke about Will’s wife, Jada Pinkett Smith. The joke was about a medical condition, Jada suffers from called alopecia areata, which makes ones hair fall out, prematurely.
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Serena Williams‘ half sister, Sabrina Williams, who is estranged from her father, Richard, shared her opinion about the incident. She did not approve of Will Smith’s behaviour, given that it was at such a prestigious settings, with so many people watching. She also said that there were better ways to handle the issue. “So Will Smith got angry, went overboard and assaulted another person. Then you just can’t apologize two minutes later, you lost your mind. Wow. I agree he should be stripped of the Oscar,” she said.
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Serena Williams’ sister says there’s a time and place for everything
Sabrina, who also struggles with alopecia, said, “it’s not the time or place. If somebody offends you, you let them know in a private setting, ‘Hey, you offended my wife, I did laugh at the joke, but my wife was offended. But just to go on stage in the middle of an event and slap somebody, walk back down, and then yell from your seat. That’s just not appropriate.”
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Will Smith has also been criticized for the way he reacted by other members of the film fraternity. Neither Serena nor Venus have said anything about the issue. However, they were at the ceremony, not just as executive producers of the film, but also as presenters at the show.
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Deepakshi Chaudhary