On “The View’‘s Halloween episode, the present drew consideration to the second Will Smith slapped Chris Rock on the Oscars in a method no one noticed coming.
In a particular phase titled “Boo Are You Carrying?”, which highlighted costumes for youths surrounding scorching matters within the information, wardrobe supervisor Ashley Alderfer Kaufman launched one baby in a gold bodysuit dressed as an Oscar statue with a crimson handprint on their face.
“This 12 months the Oscars made large headlines, however it actually wasn’t about who gained,” Kaufman defined. “It was about what occurred with Greatest Actor Will Smith when he went up and slapped Chris Rock.”
Noting that the present doesn’t “need to endorse violence of any type,” Kaufman added that the Oscars slap was “one of many hottest scorching matters this 12 months.”
The look was titled “the Oscars slap”, and was a reference to the viral second earlier this 12 months when Smith slapped Rock throughout the face throughout the stay broadcast of the Oscars after Rock made a joke about Smith’s spouse, Jada Pinkett Smith’s, hair.
The feedback part on “The View”s YouTube web page confirmed that many viewers took offense to the costume.
“Tremendous humorous making a child gown up in a dressing up that represents bodily assault, simply screams enjoyable,” one commenter sarcastically wrote.
“The Oscars slap is simply tasteless and lowbrow,” one other remarked. “Embarrassing that this phase was greenlit.”
One other commenter stated they have been “utterly disgusted” by the costume, whereas one other viewer famous the kid mannequin’s obvious discomfort, writing, “The Oscar Slap costume felt a bit of cringeworthy. It was in poor style and the boy seemed like he was in literal ache.😬”
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