THE SLAP AT THE OSCARS IS BLACK ON BLACK VIOLENCE: CANCEL WILL SMITH.

ICHEOKU says if he was that tough he should have volunteered to travel to Ukraine to go help them defend their country from the Russians. If it was a white host, would he have dared? But no, it was a fellow black man and Will Smith felt that it was ok to arrogantly strode onto the stage and brazenly deliver a dirty slap on the face of Chris Rock. Chris Rock apparently thought that Will Smith was coming to whisper something into his ears and extended his cheek to him only to be bewildered by Will Smith's dirty hot slap. 

ICHEOKU tuned-off from everything Hollywood a long time ago due to their woke idiocy gone amok and did not watch the Oscars. ICHEOKU saw the perfidy later in the news and initially thought that it was a staged act, part of a well rehearsed script added for maximum effect and to improve Oscars ratings, only to learn that it was a malicious act. A deliberate act of aggression and violence, an assault and battery, perpetrated by one black man against another black man, two Hollywood high profile personalities. Will Smith should be punished for what he did. He thought about it, stood up and left his seat, walked several feet to the stage, approached Chris Rock, leaned backward to make it count and then delivered the dirty slap. 

It is condemnable and it is here condemned without any reservations whatsoever; and should be condemned by every right thinking sane person, whether in Hollywood or outside the sleazy circle of great pretenders who think that they are the oxygen which society breathes. The assault and battery by Will Smith on Chris Rock should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law and prison term handed to Will Smith so that he could have some quiet moment to himself to reminisce and think through his action. Such a public display of actual violence, in real time, is not acceptable and cannot be excused and no amount of apologies will be enough to atone for what he did. He did the crime and should therefore do the time. 

Will Smith was too full of it to think that he could just take matters into his own hand, defied every protocol and respectability, disrespected and disregarded the venue, the event and reason for the evening's gathering, had no regard for the host and did what he did. Like Russia's President Vladimir Putin who defied the world to invade Ukraine, Will Smith defied the host of Oscars and millions of viewers world wide who tuned in to watch the Oscars and did what he did. The only commensurate punishment for what he did is to treat him in kind, by defying every pretentious apology and fake cry of his and visit him with the harshest punishment ever, including taking his Oscars away. He does not deserve the honor, following what he did, period.

He disrespected the Oscars. What he did is not good for the image of the Oscars. It was an affront on everyone who tuned in to watch the Oscars, including children who heard his profane-laced diatribe. Some of his fans might now be thinking that it is ok to commit flagrant acts of violence on people simply because their favorite star did the same. As a society, we should collectively say no to violence, which becomes more egregious when a public figure commits it and so brazenly, with millions of television viewers watching. Will Smith should be punished for what he did and severely too, as to make an example out of him. 

It was a career-killing slap and the career of Will Smith should be ended forthwith. His movies should be boycotted and yanked from theaters showing them. Will Smith should be canceled as nothing justifies what he did. So what, if Chris Rock did not keep Will Smith's wife's name out of his "fucking" mouth? What is so incendiary about joking about a person's hair cut or hair loss that should attract a slap by the person's putative husband? What is so atrocious in suggesting that Jada Picket's hair resembles Demi Moore's haircut in the movie 'GI Jane' that Will Smith should take matters into his own hands and commit such an assault on Chris Rock? 

What is wrong with some of these black Hollywood people that think they rule the world and therefore untouchable and above the law; and decide which laws to follow and which laws to freely break. Will Smith has now morphed into a Jussie Smollett 2.0 and can never recover from what he did no matter how much he pretends to be contrite about it. He overreached himself, crossed the proverbial redline and therefore must be held accountable for what he did. The law should take its course in order to repudiate such thuggish behavior as unacceptable from anyone, no matter how highly placed or regarded. The conduct belongs in the street and not at the Oscars in front of millions of global television audiences. 

When you think that it was only Kanye Ye West that is on the bend, here comes Will Smith emphatically hollering, me too, deal me in. When Kanye Ye West went on stage and yanked the microphone away from Taylor Swift, at least he neither slapped her nor used profanity on her. Will Smith not only went to the stage, he slapped a host of the Oscars and by necessary implication, slapped the entire Oscars organizers as well as millions of television audiences who tuned in to share the evening event. He must be made to pay for his action, it was unwarranted and it is a very arrogant behavior, the feeling of he can do whatever the heck he wants and get away with it. It is sad that he slapped Chris Rock and sadder that he also repeatedly used foul language, profanity, in addressing the slap.

ICHEOKU commends Chris Rock for not escalating the situation by slapping Will Smith back or engaging him in a fight. Someone like Dave Chapelle would have reacted differently, admitted Will Smith would not have dared if Dave was emceeing the event. Will Smith has damaged himself beyond repair as he will, going forward, be seen as a thug. It is not as if that will be the first time a person, particularly a comedian, ever made a joke about a person's wife. Roasting is part of our pop culture as Americans and a joke never a person killed. Will Smith ignored every decency and respectability and took such umbrage to walk to the stage and slap a comedian who was hosting the Oscars, just because he joked about his wife's hair. Really? Still wondering why the Oscars was "so white" for a long time, now you know. #CancelWillSmith. #BoycottWillSmithMovies.