Dear simpletons who think it was staged

Its possible that in a desperation move by the industry that needed massive attention drawn back to an increasingly irrelevant awards show, that behind the scenes Will Smith was given "assurances" that his standing within the industry would not take a hit & was guaranteed his first Oscar if he were to go along with the stunt. Perhaps Will also wanted to established some "edge" & controversy to the squeaky clean, nice guy reputation that he has carefully cultivated for over 30 years in the industry, given recent humiliating revelations about his wife's extra marital "entanglements" so he went along with the over the top stunt to as a way of showing off his manhood on the most pubic stage he possibly could.

I guess I'm a simpleton cuz I 100% believe it was staged. I saw this morning - someone wrote that Pfizer is involved because they are coming out with a new drug. Apparently this drug helps people that have the condition Jada Pinkett has - a condition which is now suddenly out in the open. I could most definitely see Pfizer writing real nice checks to Smith and Rock to do what they did - all in an effort to promote their new drug. I haven't verified any of this but I have to say, this particular scenario (It was fake - PFizer is behind it) makes complete sense to me.

Anyone who believes that is seriously deficient in understanding social cues and human behavior.

Staged!
Period!
And they did a poor job of it all.
As for the sad and distraught, the traumatized and the heartbroken, no worries...there will be a new ‘thing’ to bring up to your therapist in a week or so, just be ‘patient’.

I might be a simpleton because I simply don't know if was staged or not. I don't think that the slap itself was staged, but I know the Oscars have had dwindling ratings over the last few years. This has created a lot of buzz. I would not put it past the producers of the Oscars to have said to Smith and Rock that there would be a bonus for them if they created a Kanye moment.

They will never, ever admit that it was staged, as it would essentially ruin the Oscars.

I find it convenient that Smith used protecting his family in his acceptance speech, and compared it his role where he was protecting his family, after he slapped a presenter while protecting his family.

Chris Rock's ticket sales for his comedy tour have skyrocketed. Smith is getting a lot of publicity and not all of it is bad. Am I just being cynical? I very well could be. This could have been 100% real, and in a way I would very much prefer that.

If it were staged, it's only fair to assume the Academy would be in on it as well to get ratings on the up and up but seeing the upcoming fallout on the latter's part in regards of Will's reputation and Oscars future attendance will prove that it wasn't set up.

It's easy to see how when most content on TV is staged (movies, shows) and most news is really just another form of entertainment, well, that must be staged too. It's just the other end of the spectrum from folk who think their soap opera is real life. They've both spent too long in front of TV and not enough time with real people to know the difference.

what makes you think he has done something negative to his career? he's now maybe the most talked about person on the planet