The 94th Academy Awards made headlines around the world for a controversy that erupted during the live telecast.  

The whole world was left in shock when actor Will Smith walked up to the stage and slapped actor-comedian Chris Rock for cracking a joke on his wife and actress Jada Pinkett Smith. 

Initially, the slap was assumed by many to be staged but soon, everyone realised the incident was as real as it gets. 

© The Academy

Soon, people took sides. Many called out Will Smith, who later won the Best Actor award, for his misconduct and appreciated Chris Rock for maintaining his demeanour during the whole incident. 

There were others who criticised both Smith and Rock for displaying toxic masculinity on stage. 

Among those who think what Will did was absolutely right includes Bollywood star Kangana Ranaut. 

She took to her Instagram account and uploaded a screenshot of the moment Will slapped Chris and wrote that if any “idiot” would make fun of her mother or sister’s illness she too would slap that person like Will did. 

She also added jokingly that she hopes he joins her reality show Lock Upp. 

She wrote, “If some idiot used my mom or sister’s illness to make bunch of fools laugh I would slap him like Will Smith did … bad ass move… hope he comes to my #lockup”. 

Check out her Insta story below: 

© Kangana Ranaut Instagram

Well, Smith may not join Lock Upp anytime soon but he did appear in a cameo in Kangana’s favourite human Karan Johar’s Student of the Year 2 and was seen shaking a leg with Tiger Shroff, Ananya Panday, Tara Sutaria and Aditya Seal. 

Check it out below:

As for the slap controversy, Chris Rock decided not to press assault charges against Will Smith. 

As for Smith, he went on to win the Best Actor award for his performance in King Richard.

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