The award for essentially the most shocked face of the evening goes to… Lupita Nyong’o, whose response to Will Smith slapping Chris Rock was one of many largest memes of the 2022 Oscars.
“All of us had been Lupita [Nyong’o] watching the Will Smith and Chris Rock mess,” tweeted one fan through the 94th Academy Awards on Sunday (Mar. 27). Certainly, Lupita, 39, appeared to sum up the entire temper of the evening after Will, 53, obtained out of his seat to slap Chris, 57, for making an off-handed joke about Jada Pinkett-Smith. When Will returned to his seat and loudly advised Chris to “hold my spouse’s title out of your f-cking mouth,” Lupita’s shocked response (and the belief that this was not a bit) turned one of many viral memes of the evening.
“Lupita realizing the slap Will smith gave Chris rock was legit represents me.” “Lupita Nyongo on this entire will smith factor went by means of the complete vary of feelings sitting there. She had like eight wholly completely different reactions in like 5 seconds.” “Give Lupita a Greatest Supporting Actress award for “Will Smith Punching Chris Rock within the Face at The Oscars.” “Don’t let this Will Smith / Chris Rock feud distracts you from the truth that Lupita is the Queen and a f-cking moooood.”
Lupita Nyongo on this entire will smith factor went by means of the complete vary of feelings sitting there. She had like 8 wholly completely different reactions in like 5 seconds 😂
pic.twitter.com/q7NTOE9nLU— Sumaya (@sumaARw) March 28, 2022
Lupita representando todo mundo com o tapa do Will Smith
pic.twitter.com/NRbMQrdNdS— nanat BDAY LAU (@tzhland) March 28, 2022
yeah, yeah, will smith this, will smith that, lupita stole the present. pic.twitter.com/slbsnwmZoW
— amber-lee (@notamberlee) March 28, 2022
Lupita taking a look at Will like:#AcademyAwards#WillSmithpic.twitter.com/tW7zLkJ616
— Lafilmboi (@jeremiahrasaq) March 28, 2022
In a blistering immediate, the 2022 Oscars turned the evening that Will Smith “smacked the sh-t” out of Chris Rock, because the comic himself put it. Chris had made a joke about Jada’s bald head, evaluating her look to the one Demi Moore sported within the 1997 conflict drama, G.I. Jane (“Jada, I really like you. G.I. Jane 2, can’t wait to see ya”). Will left his seat and approached a grinning Chris, solely to slap the Grown Ups star. Will shouted profanities when he returned to his seat, and Chris – shrugging off the slap – continued to current the Greatest Documentary award.
Following this incident, many shops famous that Chris made a comment about Jada when internet hosting the Oscars in 2016. Rock joked about Pinkett-Smith and her husband boycotting the present over the dearth of range within the nominees. “Jada boycotting the Oscars is like me boycotting Rihanna’s panties,” Chris mentioned, per CNN. “I wasn’t invited.” Chris went on to joke about how Jad was “mad her man Will was not nominated for Concussion.”
“I get it,” mentioned Chris. “It’s not truthful that Will was this good and didn’t get nominated. It’s additionally not truthful that Will was paid $20 million for Wild Wild West.” Days later when the paparazzi requested Jada bout the jokes, she mentioned that it “comes with the territory [and] we gotta hold transferring.”