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Well, as we will never know the whole truth and all we're doing is pointless speculation, I'm sticking with it being for real, partially staged at best, because there's no WAY that Rock agreed to let himself be bitchslapped in front of the whole world!

These guys are actors, as you said, and an actor's first priority during any public appearance is to benefit their career and image. Neither benefits from this, Smith looks like an asshole and has exploded the genial image that made him so much money, and Rock either looks pitiable or weak, depending one's POV. No publicist would have advised Smith to attack anyone on the world stage or appear to do so, not when his fan base is made up of mainstream people who think of him as good-natured, funny, and decent, and I expect Smith's publicist is having the worst week of their lives right now.

Sure, neither of them has ever gotten this much publicity in their lives, but it's not the kind of publicity that will do either any good in the long run. Smith has already lost a ton of mainstream fans (including me), and Rock got caught without a punchline just when the whole world was looking at him. Maybe it was a skit gone wrong, but if it was staged, it was staged by just Will and Jada, not by Rock, and certainly not Smith's publicist.

I don't think it was about money. I think we're all a little more angry, or on edge. He heard his wife get dissed, and thought no , I'm done with being nice. Was it right, no. I also don't think comedy should be at the expense of someones health problems. Is it funny if I say at the Oscars, I hope Bruce Willis can find his way home now....No.

Okay, weirdo. Ignore away...

You need therapy, dude.