Her tweet was only public for a short while, but Rep. Aynaa Pressley — who also has alopecia like Jada Pinkett Smith — thanked Will Smith for standing up for his wife and slapping “the s***” out of comedian Chris Rock who made a bald joke at Jada’s expense last night at the Oscars.
ICYMI, here’s the uncensored clip from Japan we posted last night:
VIA JAPANESE TELEVISION: The uncensored exchange between Will Smith and Chris Rock pic.twitter.com/j0Z184ZyXa
— Timothy Burke (@bubbaprog) March 28, 2022
And here’s the deleted tweet:
Just-deleted tweet from Rep. Ayanna Pressley #mapoli #Oscars pic.twitter.com/gGFlStTQ3D
— Grace Panetta (@grace_panetta) March 28, 2022
Yes, it’s real
.@AyannaPressley just deleted this tweet pic.twitter.com/wdkI8KMBM2
— Reagan Battalion (@ReaganBattalion) March 28, 2022
Rep. Pressley was quickly called out for “celebrating” the “violent act” because she’s an elected official:
Celebrating any violent act is worth noting coming from an elected official
— Benjamin Goggin (@BenjaminGoggin) March 28, 2022
Rep. Jamaal Bowman of New York also deleted his hot take on the incident:
Jamaal Bowman also briefly tweeted about Will Smith assaulting Chris Rock before deleting it pic.twitter.com/KLKXbI4o9E
— Ben Jacobs (@Bencjacobs) March 28, 2022
Bowman’s office is claiming, however, that a staffer did it under the assumption it was staged:
Have been told that this was tweeted by staff on the congressman's account under the assumption that the assault was fake/scripted https://t.co/Ol3cmBTIRY
— Ben Jacobs (@Bencjacobs) March 28, 2022
Yeah, sure. It does look like Smith has his defenders who will stay silent in public about it. From former Kamala Harris staffer Symone D. Sanders:
Don’t risk it all for a hot take! https://t.co/8WrbgXhx4J
— Symone D. Sanders (@SymoneDSanders) March 28, 2022
“Hitting people is good, now?”
Hitting people is good, explained the MSNBC host https://t.co/LOH4b8Oxqs
— jimtreacher.substack.com (@jtLOL) March 28, 2022
What’s strange about this all is that Chris Rock made a movie about Black women and their hair so he KNEW how this would go over:
https://twitter.com/KRayWFTV/status/1508375561063784456
And as for what comes next. . .
Chris Rock is not filing a police report so any fallout will be Hollywood related:
Chris Rock Declines to File Police Report After Will Smith Slap at Oscars, LAPD Says https://t.co/75sZqJXh5I
— Variety (@Variety) March 28, 2022
And scene.
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