Oscars 2022: Twitter becomes a hilarious meme fest after Will Smith punched Chris Rock at the event

On what can be undeniably called one of the most shocking highlights of Oscars 2022 , actor Will Smith punched host-comedian Chris Rock after the latter made a joke on his wife Jada Pinkett Smith . While initially the fans and the audience thought of the gesture as a spoof-act, Will mouthing, “Keep my wife's name out of your f*****g mouth” to Rock, immediately made the scenario tense. However, needless to say, the Twitterati started a hilarious meme fest on the audience’s reaction and the aftermath of the entire fiasco.

From Zendaya, Andrew Garfield to Lupita Nyong’o’s reaction to many pop culture references, netizens unleashed their creativity with some funny tweets. For the unversed, Jada Pinkett Smith’s battle with the disease alopecia made the joke cracked by Chris Rock not going down well with Will Smith. Check out some of the tweets on the fiasco.

no, but Andrew and Zendaya were checking social media after will Smith punched Chris Rock😭!@#$%
I'm sure they were scrolling thru Twitter to see what everyone is saying 😭#Oscar pic.twitter.com/LpK9XSsA9Z

— Meow Meow Moon🌻 (@teume_moon) March 28, 2022

i would like to thank Will Smith for giving us this new image of The Rock pic.twitter.com/EilJXGZAgg

— cookie (@undeadcookie456) March 28, 2022

me not caring about the oscars but suddenly seeing that will smith slapped chris rock on twitter pic.twitter.com/ZVrztRUm0E

— 𝖓𝖔𝖎𝖗 (@emirinoir) March 28, 2022

Will smith got the audience like this 😭😭😭😭 pic.twitter.com/xdXPZGjnuf

— 1’5 with a stool (@_adamaris_h) March 28, 2022

LUPITA IN THE BEHIND WILL SMITH IS KILLING ME #AcademyAwards pic.twitter.com/BtITt6SC4R

— matt murdocks gf ♡ (@omgmattmurdock) March 28, 2022

Will Smith pic.twitter.com/CgbQC1zaEl

— Auron (@auronplay) March 28, 2022

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Will Smith broke down after the incident and needed to be “pulled aside and comforted" by Tyler Perry and Denzel Washington . Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs who came on stage to present the next award could be heard saying, “Will and Chris, we're going to solve that like family. Right now we're moving on with love.”

Meanwhile, apart from this whole controversial ‘punch gate’, Will Smith also took home the best actor award for King Richard. The movie is based on the life of tennis champions Serena and Venus Williams’ father Richard Williams. In his acceptance speech, Will could be heard saying, “Richard Williams was a fierce defender of his family. At this time in my life, I am overwhelmed by what God is calling on me to do and be in this world, I want to apologize to Academy, I want to apologize to all my fellow nominees. This is a beautiful moment and I am not crying for winning an award. It's not about winning an award for me. Art imitates life. I look like the crazy father, just like Richard Williams. But love will make you do crazy things.”

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