Coda wins best picture at Oscars after Will Smith slaps and swears at Chris Rock – Oscars 2022 live!

So just a refresh for those coming in late or early wherever you are. The night’s biggest moment came from best actor winner Will Smith who went viral after he appeared to slap Chris Rock for making an ill-advised joke about his wife Jada Pinkett’s alopecia. He joked that she was set to make GI Jane 2 next, which led Smith to rush up on stage and try to hit Rock. Smith then told him to get his wife’s name out of his mouth.

Smith was then calmed down by Denzel Washington and Tyler Perry. During his tearful acceptance speech, he offered up an apology, not towards Rock but the Academy, and likened himself to Richard Williams, as someone who protects the women in his life.

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A slight overreaction here?

“We don’t have any details about the incident. As soon as we do, we will make them available to the public,” an LAPD spokesperson has said about the Rock vs Smith incident. Could this be the first year an Oscar winner is also charged with a crime? That we know of?

Thanks for reading everyone, or for getting here by accident because you typed “Did Will Smith just hit Chris Rock?” into Google with your thumbs in a hurry. Either way, I appreciate it. Now, who’s for some group counselling?

And that’s that. The three hosts, dressed in pyjamas, very quickly speed the ceremony to a close. And, well, you would too, wouldn’t you? What an immensely crackpot few hours those were. Will the Oscars ever be the same?

This is a lovely speech. More so than usual, the Coda team seem especially close, so it’s just as warm and heartfelt as you’d expect. There is a parallel universe somewhere where Coda winning best picture is the moment that everyone takes from tonight. It’s probably a better universe than the one we’re currently in.

Incredible. Three nominations and three wins. This is the lovely ending we all probably needed tonight.

Lady Gaga and Liza Minelli are here to present Best Picture. Which should probably go to tonight’s Oscar ceremony, in all honesty.

Chastain is now talking about LGBTQ+ persecution, and how everybody is unconditionally loved. And it’s wholly honourable, but in truth it is where nobody’s head is at right now.

… for The Eyes of Tammy Faye. And she’s just steaming straight into a boilerplate speech without acknowledging anything that happened. It feels a little like she’s been robbed of her moment.

And now Amy Schumer is back. “Did I miss anything? There’s like a different vibe in here?” she quips.