Comedian Rob Schneider slams ‘a–hole’ Will Smith in scathing radio rant: ‘Hiding the fact of who he really is’
Rob Schneider slammed Will Smith as an “a—hole” who showed the world his true colors when he infamously slapped Chris Rock at the Oscars.
Schneider, 60, revealed he was in a “sticky situation” when the slap occurred in March 2022 and served as an “elected official” for SAG-AFTRA.
But Schneider is now able to speak freely on the incident, unleashing a scathing rant directed at the “Bad Boys” star on Tuesday.
“Will Smith is a t–t,” Schneider said on “The Kyle & Jackie O Show.” Will Smith has been hiding the fact of who he really is and it was exposed that night that he’s really an a–hole.”
Schneider brandished Smith as a “lair” and a “complete, utter fraud,” whose nice guy persona was washed away during the ceremony.
“It’s a deep, dark thing to do that in front of all those people and to a really great legendary comedian, who’s literally the best comedian of our generation. You wouldn’t have this whole wave of comedy that came after if it wasn’t for Chris Rock. He’s kicked open the doors.”
Schneider, 60, was “part of the committee that’s supposed to punish” Smith and bashed how long it took for the group to determine a punishment for the “Bad Boys” star.
Smith, 55, was slapped with a 10-year ban from the Academy Awards for walking up on stage and assaulting Rock after the comedian made a joke about the actor’s wife, Jada Pinkett Smith.
The “King Richard” star went on to win the Academy Award for Best Actor about 40 minutes after the onstage assault — leading to much public outcry and debate over whether he should be able to retain the honor.
“Will is a douchebag,” Schneider said. “The thing is that’s how politically correct the Academy is. That they were so cowardly because if I would have done that, they would have been hauled off to prison.”
Schneider claimed the Academy was “so worried about being racist or whatever” that it did not take immediate action against the “I, Robot” star.
“The point is, violence is what it is. And whether the color of your skin or your religion, it doesn’t matter if you commit a crime in front of other people, you get hauled out of there,” he proclaimed.
The stand-up comic said regardless of whether Smith felt like he was “standing up” for his wife, Rock made a “mild joke,” and the “Men in Black” actor had no right laying his hands on a man doing his job.
Schneider wasn’t watching the ceremony when the slap happened since he was filming “Live Is Love” in Mexico, but his crew quickly informed him of the assault on his long-time friend.
“I was in a car and my assistant director, she looked at me and she said, ‘Huh’. I said, ‘What happened?’ and she said, ‘Chris Rock just got slapped by Will Smith.’ I said to get out of here. It didn’t happen. I make the phone calls and it did happen.”
Schneider said it took Rock a long time to process what happened and that the iconic comedian “didn’t want to talk to anybody” in the aftermath.
“I don’t blame him. But it took him a while to get to where he could react to it because it was a lot,” he told the hosts.
“He’s a very sensitive, great guy and he’s literally a genius,” he said.
“So, just trying to figure out the right way at the right timing, it was him because I would have said something. I’m an idiot. I would have … tried to kick back.”
With Post wires
