Gogglebox viewers complained when they saw the Channel 4 show discuss the moment Will Smith smacked Chris Rock at the Oscars.
The hit telly-watching show returned with a new episode on Friday night (April 1), and it saw the cast watch shows like ITV’s Starstruck, steamy Netflix period drama Bridgerton and the viral Oscars altercation between Will and Chris Rock.
Fresh Prince of Bel-Air star Will marched on stage to slap Rock at the 94th Academy Awards on Sunday March 27, in a moment which has since gone viral with millions of views.
Rock had just made a hair joke about Will’s actor wife Jada Pinkett Smith, who has a hair-loss condition called alopecia.
The joke compared Jada to G.I Jane – a character with a shaved head played by Demi Moore in the 1997 film of the same name.
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Smith later won the award for Best Actor for his role in King Richard, and he also issued a formal apology to Rock for his behaviour.
Gogglebox siblings Pete and Sophie Sandiford were among the cast members reacting to the moment.
Sophie said she’d be fuming if her husband had smacked somebody as she would want to deal with the issue herself.
She said: “If I was in that situation and it was my husband had gone up and done that, I’d be fuming at the husband because if I have a problem with something, I’ll sort it myself.
“I don’t need somebody to speak upon my behalf.”
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Pete quipped: “I’d have been like ‘can we just go to a break, we’ll just go into the car park for a quick chat…”
It seems some fans had had enough of TV shows talking about the slap though, so they rushed to Twitter to complain about the segment.
One fan wrote: “Omg! Enough now about Will Smith and the Slap!”
A second said: “Of course They are talking about Chris Rock and Will Smith”
A third commented: “I’m soooo over this Will Smith slap.”
A fourth agreed: “They watched the Will Smith slap, oh god.”
A fifth added: “Will Smith was in the wrong clearly. But in what way did this slap need 5 days of social study and think pieces?”
Smith later admitted he was “embarrassed” about his reaction as he apologised to Rock on social media.
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He wrote: “Violence in all of its forms is poisonous and destructive. My behavior at last night’s Academy Awards was unacceptable and inexcusable. Jokes at my expense are a part of the job, but a joke about Jada’s medical condition was too much for me to bear and I reacted emotionally.
“I would like to publicly apologize to you, Chris. I was out of line and I was wrong. I am embarrassed and my actions were not indicative of the man I want to be. There is no place for violence in a world of love and kindness.
I would also like to apologize to the Academy, the producers of the show, all the attendees and everyone watching around the world. I would like to apologize to the Williams Family and my King Richard Family. I deeply regret that my behavior has stained what has been an otherwise gorgeous journey for all of us.”
He finished: “I am a work in progress. [sic]”.
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