I doubt it’s staged. Will Smith always had the “family friendly” image. If anything, the producers might’ve known ahead of time that they were sensitive of the joke but allowed Chris Rock to say it anyway. But I don’t think smith was acting. Especially the swearing, several broadcasters cut the awards which would be counter productive

Of course he knew he would get away with it. Why would you do something like that otherwise?

Smith looked pretty shook up by it all so i doubt it's staged, unless he's a really good actor... And he did just win best actor lmao

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