The View Attire a Child as Will Smith Oscars Slap for Halloween

Will Smith‘s Oscars slap remains to be haunting audiences.

On the Oct. 31 episode of The View, a baby sported a controversial Halloween look impressed by the viral second. In a section titled,”Boo Are You Sporting?” launched by host Sarah Haines, a number of children had been paraded out on set sporting “costumes impressed by this 12 months’s hottest matters” that included each “horror tales and surprising moments” starting from popular culture to the political realm.

One younger mannequin confirmed off head-to-toe gold bodysuit with a crimson handprint painted over their cheek, referencing the incident the place Smith slapped Chris Rock on stage on the 2022 Academy Awards in March after the comic made a joke on the expense of Jada Pinkett Smith, who has alopecia. 

(Smith later issued an apology on social media, calling his conduct “unacceptable and inexcusable” earlier than condemning “violence in all of its types” as “toxic and harmful.”)

“We don’t wish to endorse violence of any variety, however we could not assist however discuss one of many hottest scorching matters this 12 months,” the speak present’s wardrobe supervisor Ashley Alderfer Kaufman informed the viewers because the youngster posed earlier than the hosts. “So, we’ve our interpretation, we’ve an Oscars statue, we name this ‘The Oscars Slap,’ and he has a crimson face paint on the statue.”