Will Smith and his family put up a united front after that infamous Oscars slap

Will Smith, who gained the Academy Award for lead actor on Sunday moments after slapping Oscars presenter Chris Rock onstage in the course of the reside telecast, has placed on a united entrance along with his household after the immediately notorious second.

Unexpectedly foreshadowing the assault, the “King Richard” star took to Instagram earlier than the 94th Academy Awards to publish a reel of him and spouse Jada Pinkett Smith decked out for the ceremony.

His caption: “Me ‘n @jadapinkettsmith obtained all dressed up to decide on chaos.”

Chaos, certainly.

Smith sucked the air out of the room after attacking Rock, who was presenting the award for documentary function, for making a “G.I. Jane” joke about Pinkett Smith’s bald coiffure. The “Crimson Desk Speak” host has been vocal about her struggles with hair loss brought on by alopecia.

At first, Smith laughed on the joke whereas his spouse appeared irked. Then he walked onstage and slapped Rock throughout the face, walked away and yelled at Rock to maintain his spouse’s title out of his mouth. The abrupt — and censored, no less than within the U.S. — second had viewers and attendees instantly questioning whether or not it had been staged.

It hadn’t. And it turned the discuss of the telecast because the ceremony tried to recuperate. (And it’s been hotly debated ever since.)

Rap mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs, who was the following presenter, mentioned Smith and Rock would work it out. Oscars co-host Amy Schumer briefly alluded to the awkward drama in a later look. And Smith apologized to his fellow nominees and the movement image academy throughout his tearful acceptance speech. (He didn’t apologize to Rock and even point out him by title.)

In between, the “Contemporary Prince of Bel-Air” star was seen on separate events conferring along with his publicist, together with Diddy, actors Denzel Washington and Bradley Cooper and producer Tyler Perry throughout industrial breaks. Pictures additionally surfaced of him and Pinkett Smith leaning their heads collectively in solidarity.

Possibly Smith thought that what he mentioned throughout his five-minute speech about being a “fierce defender of his household” and that “love will make you do loopy issues” would suffice to deal with the viral second. Smith has not since launched one other assertion concerning the incident and gave the impression to be all smiles when he celebrated his victory about city.

The actor, 53, and his household — together with kids Trey, Jaden and Willow Smith — walked the blue carpet on the Wallis Annenberg Heart for the Performing Arts on the unique Vainness Honest after-party. There, Smith smiled for the cameras and triumphantly posed along with his Oscar upon arrival.

Inside, he was flanked by a bodyguard and a number of other members of his entourage, in addition to his spouse. He took selfies with partygoers, together with actors Timothée Chalamet and Sterling Okay. Brown, and danced to his personal hits, together with “Gettin’ Jiggy Wit It,” “Miami” and “Summertime.”

He was seen speaking with “Every day Present” host Trevor Noah and a lot of different stars, in addition to fortunately posing for photographs and movies on the shindig’s portrait studio. Willow and Jaden chronicled the moments on their Instagram accounts. So did Vainness Honest and Vogue.

Shortly after the slap, Jaden, 23, tweeted: “And That’s How We Do It” and later defended his father as he made his rounds on the celebration.

Rock, 57, has not publicly commented on the incident, apart from saying Smith “smacked the s— out of me” onstage and agreeing to cease joking about Pinkett Smith. Backstage, he was later overheard saying, “I simply obtained punched within the face by Muhammad Ali and didn’t get a scratch.” (Smith performed Ali in a 2001 biopic.)

Rock’s representatives didn’t instantly reply to The Occasions’ request for remark.

The LAPD advised The Occasions on Sunday that the comic declined to file a police report. Nonetheless, on Monday, the movie academy introduced that it had “formally began a proper evaluation across the incident and can discover additional motion and penalties in accordance with our Bylaws, Requirements of Conduct and California legislation.”

Diddy mentioned he made good on his showtime promise to assist Smith and Rock reconcile.

“That’s not an issue. That’s over. I can verify that,” the producer, 52, advised Web page Six. “It’s all love …They’re brothers.”

However TMZ reported that the 2 hadn’t settled something, regardless of what Diddy claimed. The gossip web site reported Monday that Smith and Rock hadn’t spoken because the altercation and that Rock was shocked by the debacle and went straight to his dressing room. He additionally reportedly didn’t know that Pinkett Smith had alopecia. Different reports said that Rock didn’t write the joke both, however a number of sources have since mentioned that he ad-libbed the “G.I. Jane” comment.

In the meantime, the feedback sections of each Rock’s and Smith’s Instagram accounts have crammed up with fierce defenders and detractors desirous to unpack the jaw-dropping second.

And Smith himself commented on his “chaos” reel not lengthy after his altercation with Rock.

“You’ll be able to’t invite individuals from Philly or Baltimore nowhere!!,” he wrote within the feedback part of his Instagram publish, referring to his and Pinkett Smith’s hometowns, respectively.