The 94th annual Academy Awards, which aired Sunday, had a lot of landmark wins, including Troy Kotsur becoming the second deaf actor to win an Oscar and Ariana DeBose becoming the first queer actor of color to win. Unfortunately, all anyone is talking about is Will Smith slapping and cursing out presenter Chris Rock for telling a joke at his wife Jada Pinkett Smith’s expense.

On the surface, Rock’s joke seemed fairly innocuous. “Jada, I love ya. ‘G.I. Jane 2,’ can’t wait to see ya.” The jab was in reference to Pinkett Smith’s shaved head. Demi Moore famously shaved her head to play a woman who enlists to become a Navy SEAL in “G.I. Jane.”

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