The truth is, Awards ceremonies have had a Will Smith moment coming for years.
For too long they’ve been fertile ground for so-called comics whose “jokes” have been the kind of thing for which they’d be punched in the face in the pub.
None of us condone violence. But when the US actor Smith slapped the comedian and Oscar host Chris Rock for telling an offensive joke about his superstar wife, Jada Pinkett-Smith, the only surprise was that an incident like that had taken so long to arrive.
