Will Smith wins Best Actor at the Oscars after dramatic Chris Rock confrontation
The IndependentSign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Will Smith has won Best Actor at the Oscars 2022, after hitting presenter Chris Rock earlier in the ceremony. In a shocking incident that dominated discussion around the event, Smith walked on stage and appeared to strike Rock after the comedian made a joke about his wife, the actor Jada Pinkett Smith. Smith was then heard yelling: “Keep my wife’s name out your f***ing mouth.” In an emotional speech after his Oscar win, Smith said: “Richard Williams was a fierce defender of his family.” He continued: “I’m being called on in my life to love people and to protect people and to be a river to my people. Demi Singleton, Saniyya Sidney and Will Smith in ‘King Richard' In her four-star review of King Richard for The Independent, Clarisse Loughrey wrote: “For all transformation, what actually makes Smith such a ferocious asset to King Richard is the one thing that couldn’t be scrubbed out.” She continued: “He is a true movie star in an age where there are diminishingly few – and with that comes a certain sense of command, a largeness to his presence that reaches beyond the confines of the film itself.”