Howard Stern Says He Was “Disturbed” By Will Smith & Chris Rock Altercation, It’s A “Sign Of Great Mental Illness”
Howard Stern couldn’t wait to give his two cents on the incident that went down last night on the Oscars between Will Smith and Chris Rock.
“This is a sign of great mental illness when you can’t control your impulse. Not only thats , it was hardly an insulting joke. It was not even a good joke,” Stern, 68, said on his SiriusXM Show in reference to Rock’s joke the poked fun at Jada Pinkett-Smith’s hair.
“The joke, quite frankly, was beneath Chris Rock. It was a throwaway. ‘You look like G.I. Jane.’”
Stern added that what he witnessed of Will Smith was that of “a guy who’s got real issues.”
He didn’t think twice about what he was about to do,” Stern said. “Now that’s crazy, when you can’t contain yourself like that.”
Stern adds that Rock was just doing his job as a comedian.
“Poor Chris Rock is a comedian and just trying to get through the day to make the f–king people laugh at that horrible ceremony,” Stern added. “[Rock is] so fast comedy wise, he actually covered and made a joke and said, ‘Gee, best Oscars yet.’”
“He was able to comment outside of what just happened to him and then he got flustered. He got f–ked over.”
Stern claims that Rock’s joke wasn’t even that offensive.
“He got up and he compared Jada Pinkett Smith to one of the most beautiful women in the world, Demi Moore,” Stern said. “You don’t hit people over speech, certainly not at the Academy Awards, and Will Smith’s got to contain himself.”