Chris Rock's Brother Responds to Will Smith's Apology For Oscars Slap

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Academy Awards host Chris Rock's brother Kenny Rock responds to Will Smith's Oscars slap apology. The 2022 Academy Awards could have been remembered for many reasons. The Power of the Dog's Jane Campion won Best Director, marking the first time women have won that category in back-to-back years. CODA actor Troy Kotsur became the second Deaf actor in history to win an Oscar. Smith himself finally won his first Academy Award, 20 years after his first nomination. However, as many now know, all of these events were overshadowed when Smith hopped up on stage and slapped Rock across the face after the Oscars presenter cracked a joke about Smith's wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, and her hair loss. Pinkett Smith's shaved head is related to her alopecia diagnosis, explaining his anger, but many have voiced their disapproval of the actor's violent response in the ceremony's aftermath.

Smith did eventually apologize for the incident. He first apologized to the Academy for his actions when he took the stage later that night to accept his Best Actor Oscar for King Richard, though he specifically did not apologize to Rock. Later, however, Smith did release another public apology in which he apologized to Rock explicitly. Despite these public displays of contrition, the situation has yet to go away for Smith. Many of his upcoming movies have been put on hold, and several celebrities have come forward to express their opinion on the incident, including King Richard subject Richard Williams, the man who Smith won his Oscar for portraying.

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In a recent interview with the LA Times, Rock's brother Kenny gives his own opinion on the situation, specifically on Smith's