Howard Stern was “disturbed” by Will Smith’s assault on Chris Rock at the 2022 Oscars, and he is now making the argument that the actor must suffer from mental illness.
“This is a sign of great mental illness when you can’t control your impulse. Not only that, it was hardly an insulting joke. It was not even a good joke,” Stern said.
“The joke, quite frankly, was beneath Chris Rock. It was a throwaway. ‘You look like G.I. Jane.’”
Stern argued that what fans saw on TV was “a guy who’s got real issues.”
The radio host added that Smith only got up to fight Rock because he’s much bigger than the comedian.
“If Jason Momoa had made that joke, Will Smith, like a bitch, would have said, ‘Thank you for acknowledging my wife, Mr. Momoa,’” Stern said on his Monday radio show.
“Poor Chris Rock is a comedian and just trying to get through the day to make the f–king people laugh at that horrible ceremony,” Stern said. “[Rock is] so fast comedy wise, he actually covered and made a joke and said, ‘Gee, best Oscars yet.’”
He added, “He was able to comment outside of what just happened to him and then he got flustered. He got f–ked over.”
Pinkett Smith recently shaved her head and has been open about her struggle with alopecia, which causes hair loss.
