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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Catherine Shoard

Amy Schumer ‘triggered and traumatised’ by Will Smith Oscars slap incident

Smith apologised to Rock on social media, saying ‘I am a work in progress.’
Smith apologised to Rock on social media, saying ‘I am a work in progress.’ Photograph: Doug Peters/PA

Two days on from Will Smith slapping presenter Chris Rock at the 94th Academy Awards, following a joke about his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, and Hollywood appears united in feeling Smith deserves substantial reprimand for his actions.

One of the three hosts for this year’s ceremony, Amy Schumer, has said she is still “triggered and traumatised” by the incident, and “waiting for this sickening feeling to go away from what we all witnessed”.

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