According to eOnline:
Jim Carrey is sharing how he really feels about the Will Smith and Chris Rock incident at the Oscars.
The actor weighed in on the topic during a March 28 interview with Gayle King for CBS Mornings while promoting his new movie Sonic the Hedgehog 2.
“I was sickened by the standing ovation,” Carrey said, appearing to reference the audience’s reaction to Smith winning the Best Actor in a Leading Role Oscar for his performance in King Richard following his incident with Rock. “I felt like Hollywood is just spineless en masse and it really felt like, oh, this is a really clear indication that we’re not the cool club anymore.”
Before taking home the trophy, Smith slapped Rock onstage for a G.I. Jane joke the comedian made about Jada Pinkett Smith while presenting an award. The actress, who is married to Smith, has alopecia, a condition that causes hair loss. Afterwards Smith told Rock to, “Keep my wife’s name out of your f–king mouth.”
King said that some feel if anyone else had done that, they could have been escorted out by security or arrested. Carrey replied, “He should have been.” According to the Los Angeles Police Department, Rock has declined to file a police report against Smith.
“He doesn’t want the hassle,” Carrey continued. “I’d have announced this morning that I was suing Will for $200 million because that video is going to be there forever. It’s going to be ubiquitous. You know, that insult is gonna last a very long time.”
The Bruce Almighty alum said he would have found it more acceptable to “yell” from the audience or tweet about one’s “disapproval” of the show, but as he put it, “You do not have the right to walk up on stage and smack somebody in the face ’cause they said words.”
