Comedian Jim Carrey spoke frankly about Will Smith slapping Chris Rock at the Oscars on Sunday night, saying on "CBS Mornings" Tuesday that the audience was "spineless" for giving Will a standing ovation not longe after he hit Rock on stage.
Carrey said he was "sickened" by the standing ovation, and said that Will Smith should've been arrested. He added that it was no surprise Chris Rock declined to press charges, saying "He didn't want the hassle".
He added: "I’d have announced this morning that I was suing Will for 200 million dollars because that video is going to be there forever, it’s going to be ubiquitous. That insult is gonna last a very long time. If you want to yell from the audience and show disapproval or say something on Twitter, you do not have the right to walk up on stage and smack somebody in the face ‘cuz they said words.”
Carrey said despite it, he still wishes Smith the best, but that it also "came out of nowhere because Will has something going on inside him that's frustrated."
He ended with this: "I wish him the best, I really do. I don’t have anything against Will Smith. He’s done great things. But that was not a good moment. It cast a pall over everybody’s shining moment. A lot of people worked really hard to get to that place. And to have their moment in the sun, to get their award for the really hard work they did, it is no mean feat to go through all the stuff you have to go through when you are nominated for an Oscar. It’s a gauntlet of devotion you have to do. It was such a selfish moment that cast a pall over the whole thing.”
Watch the entire segment below.