23 Of The Funniest Memes Made Of Will Smith Smacking Chris Rock

Will Smith smacked Chris Rock on live television at the Oscars. The event occurred this year when Will Smith walked up on stage and slapped Chris Rock in the face.

If you watched the Oscars, then you've probably already heard about this and seen memes related to it. Yes, you read that correctly.

The reasoning behind this is that Chris Rock made a joke about Jada Smith, Will's wife. In the footage, you can see everything happening from the joke to both Jada and Will's reactions, and then when Will walked on stage to slap Chris Rock.

This was followed by Will Smith coming on stage to accept an award and apologizing while explaining how he has to protect his family. As with all crazy events, memes have already begun to surface.

Not even 24 hours later, we have 23 memes to share with you about this iconic event. Creating memes in the age of social media is very common, and many people quickly hop on these events to make a good meme.

Let's dive into this article and take a look at 23 memes made about Will Smith slapping Chris Rock at the Oscars.

First off, here's the full clip of the joke that Chris Rock made.

Jada Smith has been very open about her struggles with alopecia and her hair loss journey.

This was the result of Chris Rock's joke about Jada Smith.

This starts off the memes created about the Oscars situation.

ScottGustin

This would have definitely made the situation funny and less serious.

Noah Garfinkle

RIP Chris Rock

BrotiGupta

Who invited West Philly to the Oscars?

quintabrunson

You should have seen the Independence Day jokes coming.

PFTCommenter

You should've also seen the Men in Black jokes as well.

_lixfleming

There's still speculation on whether it was real or staged.

JamieBolton

This sounds about right.

LlamaInaTux

I mean, this sounds believable to me.

Papapishu

Of course, Fresh Prince of Bel-Air jokes were coming too.

Charalanahzard

It probably would have been more chaotic to ask Will Smith to leave rather than the assault itself.

nhannahjones

"Will Smith slap" is the official name of the event.

ConanOBrien

I guess this is a fair comparison, but I wouldn't take it that far.

hiattb

Tell me you're dramatic without telling me you're dramatic.

nomchompsky

This is funny, but it's not funny. Well, I guess it's funny.

MegaRan

The "willenium" references are probably the funniest.

ben_rosen

I can imagine that the crowd felt a little awkward after this.

bluntJaat_

Will Smith did the most interesting thing at the Oscars. They should've awarded him for that.

jodiecongirl

I would have loved to be there to see how people reacted to the joke and the slap.

morganhaley199

I am sure that Andrew wasn't the only one scrolling to see what everyone had to say about it.

This comic redo is absolutely amazing. This is just too funny.

AdamTheCreator

Is this an accurate representation? You could probably apply this meme to a lot of situations.

AdamTheCreator

It looks the same to me.

AdamTheCreator

If you saw the Oscars, then you witnessed this situation as it happened, and I don't think it surprised us at all that people were already making memes about it not even 24 hours later. It's always a big deal when something like this happens on television.

What do you think about this situation, and how do you feel about these memes?