*Will Smith’s Oscar slap may go down as the wildest moment in television history, joining other shocking scenes that have played out on live TV.
Smith recently resigned from the Oscars Academy after smacking Chris Rock for cracking a joke about his wife.
The 53-year-old veteran ctor acknowledged his actions were “shocking, painful, and inexcusable” in an statement shared after the assaulted Rock at the Academy Awards last month.
“The list of those I have hurt is long and includes Chris, his family, many of my dear friends and loved ones, all those in attendance, and global audiences at home,” Smith said.
“I betrayed the trust of the Academy. I deprived other nominees and winners of their opportunity to celebrate and be celebrated for their extraordinary work. I am heartbroken.”
Meanwhile, let’s revisit some other notorious, live TV moments that left us just as shocked at the Oscars slap.
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JANET JACKSON’S WARDROBE ‘MALFUNCTION’ at SUPER BOWL:
We previously reported that the stylist who worked with Jackson for her infamous 2004 Super Bowl appearance revealed that it was Justin Timberlake who pushed for the “wardrobe malfunction” that made international headlines.
Wayne Scot Lukas, a stylist to the stars, told Page Six that Timberlake wanted to outdo Britney Spears, Madonna and Christina Aguilera, who made jaws drop when they kissed during their performance at the MTV Video Music Awards.
Page Six writes, “Lukas told us that the original concept was for Jackson to be in a pearl G-string” similar to the one worn by actress Kim Cattrall in an episode of “Sex and the City”.
“Janet was going to be in a Rocha dress, and [Justin] was going to step on the back of her dress to reveal her butt in this pearl G-string,” Lukas told the outlet. But “the outfit changed a couple of days before, and you saw the magic.”
During their Super Bowl halftime show, Timberlake ripped open the top of Jackson’s outfit, briefly exposing her breast. He would later call the incident a “wardrobe malfunction.”
“I wouldn’t call it a wardrobe ‘malfunction’ in a million years. It was the most functioning wardrobe in history. As a stylist, it did what it was intended to do,” Lukas said.
Steve Harvey Announces Wrong Winner at Miss Universe:
In 2015, Steve Harvey made a major boo-boo when he announced the WRONG winner of the Miss Universe pageant in Las Vegas. The veteran comedian announced Miss Colombia as the winner, but she was actually the first runner-up. Miss Philippines was the real winner. Later on the Steve Harvey Morning Show, Harvey explained what happened that fateful night.
“Immediately after it happened, they asked the pageant people to come to the press conference,” Harvey recalled. “I wasn’t scheduled to be at a press conference, so I went to the press conference and made all the apologies there,” he said, adding, “Here’s the situation: Now, when the mistake was made, when I said the wrong woman’s name, I can only give information I had. No one knows, and that information is not in the teleprompter because you’ve got two women standing there. I read what was on the teleprompter, then I read what was on the card.”
KANYE’S OUTBURST DURING HURRICANE KATRINA TELETHON:
In 2005, Kanye West attacked President George W. Bush over the government’s response to Hurricane Katrina. The rapper appeared with comedian and actor Mike Myers to solicit donations for the victims. West reportedly decided at the last moment to ignore the message displayed on the teleprompter and told Myers, “Yo. I’m going to ad-lib a little bit.”
Myers stuck to the script, while West shocked viewers when he said: “George Bush doesn’t care about black people.”
You can relive the moment via the YouTube clip above.
WILL SMITH SLAPS CHRIS ROCK AT THE ACADEMY AWARDS:
As we have reported for days now, Will Smith slapped Chris Rock at the Academy Awards last Sunday after the comedian cracked a joke about Will’s wife, Jada Pinkett Smith. By now you know why and how the assault went down — but in case you missed it, watch the slap heard around the world via the YouTube clip above.
Check out more wild live TV moments via MovieWeb.
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