‘It’s Sickening’: Amy Schumer & Wanda Sykes Weigh In on Will Smith’s ‘Traumatizing’ Chris Rock OSCARs Slap

It’s been over three days since Will Smith rocked headlines for slapping Chris Rock at the 94th annual Academy Awards, but the incident is still very much the week’s hottest topic.

From social media commenters to newscasters, writers, and celebrities (in attendance or otherwise), lips are moving about the ordeal and don’t show any signs of slowing soon.

Among the more news-grabbing responses to the shocking occurrence come from two of its three hosts: Amy Schumer and Wanda Sykes.

Look inside to see how they (sans Regina Hall) separately weighed in on the slap heard around the world.

Breaking her silence on Wednesday’s episode of ‘Ellen’ (March 30), Sykes reflected on the Oscars moment that’s had the whole world talking.

As seen in the video, Wanda says she was stunned by the incident and couldn’t believe it was happening.

“We had just introduced Chris … so I ran to my trailer to watch him … and when I got to the monitor backstage, I just saw Will leaving the stage, and everything was quiet. And I was like, ‘What happened, what happened,” she said before later adding, “I just felt so awful for my friend Chris. It was sickening. I physically felt ill and I’m still a little traumatized by it.”

In addition to reprimanding the Academy for letting Will stay in the building after the assault, Wanda made it clear that she felt the trio of hostesses were owed as much of an apology as Chris.

“I know he apologized to Chris, but, I believe that we were the hosts, right? So we were, this is our house, we’re inviting you in, we’re hosts, we’re gonna take care of y’all tonight and make sure you have a good time,” she explained. “And no one has apologized to us and we worked really hard to put that show together. So just the industry itself, I’m like, ‘What the hell is this?’ It’s just wrong.”

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Her sentiment echoes that of co-host Amy Schumer who took to social media earlier in the day to reflect on the ‘sickening’ showing. In a now-deleted Instagram post, Schumer described her reaction to the news of the attack.

“Still triggered and traumatized,” she stated. “I love my friend @chrisrock and believe he handled it like a pro. Stayed up there and gave an Oscar to his friend @questlove and the whole thing was so disturbing.”

Later in the post she added:

“So much pain in @willsmith, anyway I’m still in shock and stunned and sad. I’m proud of myself and my cohosts Regina Hall and Wanda Sykes. But yeah. Waiting for this sickening feeling to go away from what we all witnessed.”

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