All the missing drama from the last few years of the Academy Awards snowballed into one big, unexpected controversy. Will Smith clearly made more headlines for his episode with Chris Rock at the 94th Academy Awards than his first ever Oscar win for his performance in the film King Richard. When Chris Rock appeared on the stage to present the award for Best Documentary Feature, he made a joke about Will Smith's wife and actor Jada Pinkett Smith being in "G.I. Jane" because of her appearance, which triggered the The Pursuit Of Happyness actor, who hit Chris Rock and returned to his seat and yelled, "Keep my wife's name out of your f*****g mouth." Later, while receiving the Best Actor trophy, Will Smith apologised to the Academy and its nominees.
Needless to say, Twitter had a lot to say - to begin with, there are tweets slamming Will Smith for his actions. Secondly, another Academy winning actor is trending big time for her super candid expressions. Lupita Nyong'o, who was seated beside Will Smith, had the most transparent reaction to the entire episode. Twitter's collective response to the whole Will Smith-Chris Rock episode can be best summed up through these Lupita Nyong'o reaction memes and the trending hashtag #Whatjusthappened.
"We are all Lupita," wrote a Twitter user. Word.
We are all Lupita. #Oscar #AcademyAward #Oscars2022 #LupitaNyongo #WillSmith #ChrisRock #willsmithchrisrock pic.twitter.com/fatRR4DybB
— Star Wars Prequel Quotes (@PrequelSw) March 28, 2022
Here's what another Twitter user posted.
LUPITA IN THE BEHIND WILL SMITH IS KILLING ME #AcademyAwards pic.twitter.com/BtITt6SC4R
— matt murdocks gf (@omgmattmurdock) March 28, 2022
"And that's how #LupitaNyongo became the new meme of this year," read another tweet.
And that's how #LupitaNyongo became the new meme of this year: pic.twitter.com/Srt7TK3brV
— Julieth (@troubleshade) March 28, 2022
Similar thoughts echoed in this meme.
All of us just now... We are all Lupita That joke wasn't even funny. #whatjusthappened #Oscars #oscars22 #willsmith pic.twitter.com/3r33XiMKEv
— Lilliam Uribe (@LilliamUribe) March 28, 2022
That look though.
And the #Oscars2022 goes to #LupitaNyongo
— MK (@MKMagombo) March 28, 2022
That look! #WillSmith @chrisrock pic.twitter.com/aUKSGVsMvk
A Twitter user tried to decode her expression.
When you realize you are sitting next to crazy #ChrisRock #Oscars2022 #LupitaNyongo pic.twitter.com/GN5X8biMih
— Hassna BC (@HassnaBC) March 28, 2022
Andrew Garfield checking his phone, made it to the memes as well. "Andrew Garfield be checking Twitter to see if the Will Smith punch was real," read a tweet.
Andrew Garfield be checking Twitter to see if the Will Smith punch was real #Oscars #andrewgarfield #WillSmith pic.twitter.com/juRcUk6ijV
— Samuel Hilton (@SamuelHilton) March 28, 2022
A Twitter use thought what could have prompted this reaction from Oscar nominee Nicole Kidman.
Nicole... keep calm... #Oscars #WillSmith #Jada #tapa #NicoleKidman #crisrock pic.twitter.com/7qfoFOxP4G
— My Di Fellicci (@myrinharezende) March 28, 2022
Will Smith, a Hollywood A-lister, is the star of hit movies like Ali, The Pursuit of Happyness, Men in Black series and the Bad Boys films just to name a few. He is also the star of the popular television series The Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air.
