Chris Rock Didn T Get To Tell Any Of Planned Jokes Oscars Producer Thought Will Smith Slap Was A Bit

Chris Rock didn’t actually get to tell most of his planned jokes while presenting the award for Best Documentary at The Oscars. Good Morning America sat down with producer Will Packer to speak about the wild social media moment. While a lot of outlets are still dragging out postmortems on the entire scene, audiences still seem to be hungry for more details. During the interview, Packer explains that he thought that Rock and Will Smith were doing a bit when the King Richard star strolled up on stage. However, that levity quickly devolved into concern once the vocal exchange took place. It’s not like anyone would have remembered what Rock said anyway after the slap became “an event” on social media and basically overshadowed the rest of the show. But, Packer would have to come forward and discuss this at some point.

EXCLUSIVE: #Oscars producer Will Packer tells @GMA what happened behind the scenes after actor Will Smith slapped host Chris Rock live on stage. @tjholmes https://t.co/AeoYcGkM32 pic.twitter.com/xe9E2cFo8N