New Poll: Majority of Americans Side With Will Smith Over Chris Rock for Oscars Slap
Wednesday, March 30, 2022
A new poll shows that the majority of Americans took actor Will Smith's side in slapping comedian Chris Rock at the Oscars Sunday.
The poll, conducted by Blue Rose Research, found that 52.3% of people blamed Rock for the incident, compared to 47.7% who said Smith was out of line.
The report was published by Mediaite.com on Tuesday.
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More than half of those surveyed in the poll said the comedian was in the wrong when he joked about Jada Pinkett Smith’s shaved head at the Oscars — and do not fault Smith for slapping him on camera.
The poll surveyed 2,162 people online about who was more "in the wrong."
While the majority of Americans younger than 65 blamed Rock, nearly 52% of those 65 or older chided Smith for losing his cool on the comedian.
Politically, the numbers were fairly even between supporters of President Joe Biden versus former President Donald Trump — 50.8% of Trump supporters blamed Rock while 50.1% of Biden backers said Smith was more at fault.
Of course, this is if people thought the slap was in fact "real" -- as Slate reported, "Why It Was So Hard to Believe “the Slap” Wasn’t Staged." Read more here.
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