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‘Tarnished It With This Behavior’ – 61-Year-Old American Actor Blasts Serena Williams Produced ‘King Richard’ Actor Will Smith for His Appalling Behavior at Oscars

Published 04/02/2022, 10:02 AM EDT

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The 2022 Academy Awards were as exciting and entertaining as ever. But still most talked about incident was Will Smith slapping presenter Chris Rock. Will was one of the nominations in the best actor category in Serena Williams and Venus Williams’ production “King Richards” movie.

Everyone was shocked after the incident. As the topic is still a point of discussion among many celebrities. Famous actor, writer John Leguizamo was at the post-Oscar party and gave his thoughts on the incident.

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Leguizamo reacts to the incident

 One of the industry’s experienced actors, John Leguizamo, gave his reaction to the incident. He at first, looked it as part of the act but later realized the seriousness of it. Like many others, he said that he was also in shock at the moment.

John said“It was like at first you thought oh my god it’s a skit. Oh my god, just wait a minute there’s no punch line. Wait whoa it’s a punch, not a punch line. And you’re like oh that’s really unfortunate.” The whole audience nearly had similar reactions to the event.

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While talking about the Will Smith speech, he said that an apology from Smith was expected. Will did apologize to the Academy, but not to Chris Rock as expected by a 61-years old actor. He said“You know that would have been great because I mean I thought will’s performance was amazing and I’m sorry that he tarnished it with this behavior you know.”

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 John said that everyone should be open to a bit of humor on themselves. Taking life too seriously won’t help. However, the reaction from the Academy organizers is still due.

Serena Williams also reacts to the unfortunate incident

 

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The executive producer of the “King Richards” movie, Serena Williams was also present at the award function. She was not at any interview or talk show but shared her video.

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Jada Pinkett Smith has spoken many times about her hair loss as a result of alopecia areata. However, Serena Williams didn’t comment on the act or gave a reaction to it, but the shock said it all.

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Kunal Pradeep Chawda

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Kunal Chawda is a tennis author at EssentiallySports. Holding a bachelors degree in IT engineering and masters in marketing, Kunal is obsessed with tennis, soccer and basketball. He has intensely followed sports since the year 2002 and also competed in his collegiate days.
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Deepakshi Chaudhary