Sean Penn criticized Will Smith for his infamous slap during the 2022 Oscars.
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In 2022, the American actor slapped ceremony host Chris Rock after he mentioned his wife Jada Pinkett Smith in a joke. Later in the evening, the “Men in Black” star won best actor for his role in “The Williams Method.”
In an interview with Variety, Sean Penn said of the controversy: “I don’t know Will Smith. I met him once. He seemed very nice when I met him. He was so good at the Williams method. Why the hell did you spit that damn slap on yourself and everyone else? »
“Why did I have to go to prison for the same thing you just did?” And you, are you still sitting there? Why are you all standing around cheering for his worst moment as a human being? »added the Milk actor, referring to his own past and the differences in treatment that exist in Hollywood. In 1987, Sean Penn was sentenced to 60 days in prison after punching a lyricist because he believed the man had kissed his then-wife Madonna.
Sean Penn then claimed that the Oscars incident would never have happened if the Academy had allowed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to appear during the ceremony, as he suggested. “With Zelensky this nonsense wouldn’t have happened,” he said. Will Smith would never have left that chair to take part in this stupid violence. That would never have happened. »