Tiffany Haddish Comments on Will Smith Smacking Chris Rock, Says the Moment Was “Beautiful”

During Sunday night’s 94th Academy Awards, Will Smith walked directly on stage and smacked Chris Rock in the face for joking about his wife, Jada Pinkett-Smith’s, hair.

Like everyone else, Tiffany Haddish wanted to share her thoughts on Will smacking Chris last night, and she said the moment was “beautiful.”

Following the ceremony, Haddish said, “When I saw a Black man stand up for his wife. That meant so much to me.”

She continued,  “As a woman, who has been unprotected, for someone to say, ‘Keep my wife’s name out your mouth, leave my wife alone,’ that’s what your husband is supposed to do, right? Protect you.”

She then asked, “Would you do that for your wife? Would you say, ‘Keep my wife’s name out your mother f—ing…’ Like, yes! Yes!”

Further, noting that Chris is “a friend” of Will and Jada, she asked, “Why would you do that? He didn’t even run the joke by her, but she was hurt, though.”

“Will is fine,” she subsequently added.

The incident occurred when Chris, who was introducing the award for Best Actor, joked to Will’s wife in the audience, “Jada, I love ya. G.I. Jane 2, can’t wait to see ya.”

Jada has since been very upfront about her struggles with the autoimmune disorder alopecia and her hair loss.