I am shocked such a high percentage of people polled are on Smith's side. This is not about sides. If just anyone makes a joke about say, your hair, you do not have the right to clock them. Period. Rock mostly does tastless jokes, but he is a comedian, well know for this type of humor. And, this was the Oscars, where all types of behaviors have occurred over the years. Hell the people Rock made fun of beforehand laughed and went along with the joke. To be nitpicky, Will Smith did initially laugh, then seemed to look at his wife, who was not happy, so he jumped up with a smirk on his face and slapped Rock, seemingly to say he has to do this or else. Jada apparently laughed at some point after the slap......definitely a family with multiple problems.
A slap fight between 2 grown men with more money than God. Yeah, you wanna talk about the American Nervous Breakdown? Then talk about the pearl-clutching over something so stupid that distracts from what is really important right now. Comparing a slap to the point of a gun??? Are you kidding me??? Oh noes, Wanda Sykes is traumatized??? Oh god forbid! Know what traumatizes me? Children being systematically murdered in Ukraine. Millions of people having to escape their country because of a madman that OUR OWN MADMAN here tried to be.
Oh, and yeah, let's talk about Kareem Abdul Jabbar's little spout-off about how Jada Pinkett Smith is a "strong capable woman able to defend herself. Well Mr. Jabbar, every goddamn woman I know is a strong capable woman and every goddamn woman I know has been attacked physically, verbally, and very much BOTH. And when we defend ourselves, we are attacked even more. So maybe shut UP Mr. Jabbar. With all due respect.
I'm a psychologist with a point of view the public will never see - or even understand. Will grew up in an extremely abusive home watching his dad beat his mom frequently. He was too young to be able to help her. He's carried this shame, inadequacy, and powerlessness his whole life. Childhood wounding doesn't go away just because you're a famous, successful adult. It just lurks inside and recreates itself in real life again and again and again. The same is true for all of us.
The other side of the equation is that he married a woman who cried all the way down the aisle because she didn't really want to marry him. She's a classic narcissist who's terrified of true intimacy. She's had affairs. Nothing he's tried has worked because he failed to protect his mother.
The look on her face at the gala set in motion his childhood fear, inadequacy, and powerlessness. When he slapped Rock, he was slapping his father. He couldn't protect his mom, but all of his instincts were to protect Jada that night.
I imagine that anyone reading this will just laugh it off, but it is does, beyond any doubt in my mind, the explanation. I find tragedy in this event, not a joke or judgement.
I am shocked such a high percentage of people polled are on Smith's side. This is not about sides. If just anyone makes a joke about say, your hair, you do not have the right to clock them. Period. Rock mostly does tastless jokes, but he is a comedian, well know for this type of humor. And, this was the Oscars, where all types of behaviors have occurred over the years. Hell the people Rock made fun of beforehand laughed and went along with the joke. To be nitpicky, Will Smith did initially laugh, then seemed to look at his wife, who was not happy, so he jumped up with a smirk on his face and slapped Rock, seemingly to say he has to do this or else. Jada apparently laughed at some point after the slap......definitely a family with multiple problems.
A slap fight between 2 grown men with more money than God. Yeah, you wanna talk about the American Nervous Breakdown? Then talk about the pearl-clutching over something so stupid that distracts from what is really important right now. Comparing a slap to the point of a gun??? Are you kidding me??? Oh noes, Wanda Sykes is traumatized??? Oh god forbid! Know what traumatizes me? Children being systematically murdered in Ukraine. Millions of people having to escape their country because of a madman that OUR OWN MADMAN here tried to be.
Oh, and yeah, let's talk about Kareem Abdul Jabbar's little spout-off about how Jada Pinkett Smith is a "strong capable woman able to defend herself. Well Mr. Jabbar, every goddamn woman I know is a strong capable woman and every goddamn woman I know has been attacked physically, verbally, and very much BOTH. And when we defend ourselves, we are attacked even more. So maybe shut UP Mr. Jabbar. With all due respect.
(comment to Will article)
I'm a psychologist with a point of view the public will never see - or even understand. Will grew up in an extremely abusive home watching his dad beat his mom frequently. He was too young to be able to help her. He's carried this shame, inadequacy, and powerlessness his whole life. Childhood wounding doesn't go away just because you're a famous, successful adult. It just lurks inside and recreates itself in real life again and again and again. The same is true for all of us.
The other side of the equation is that he married a woman who cried all the way down the aisle because she didn't really want to marry him. She's a classic narcissist who's terrified of true intimacy. She's had affairs. Nothing he's tried has worked because he failed to protect his mother.
The look on her face at the gala set in motion his childhood fear, inadequacy, and powerlessness. When he slapped Rock, he was slapping his father. He couldn't protect his mom, but all of his instincts were to protect Jada that night.
I imagine that anyone reading this will just laugh it off, but it is does, beyond any doubt in my mind, the explanation. I find tragedy in this event, not a joke or judgement.