Yes he should keep his award -- it was very wrong of Rock to make a comment like that

Will Smith has just apologised in an Instagram post at https://www.instagram.com/p/CbqmaY1p7Pz/.

If someone made disparaging remarks about my wife, I hope that I would also have the courage to defend her. Not to condone violence, but certainly defend my wife. At least he only slapped the guy, didn't punch him! So how much physical action is too much?

The only apology Chris Rock deserves is to be allowed to slap the big bully Will Smith back!!

He only apologized because his action was not applauded by the Academy.

Obviously Will Smith was goaded on by Jada because when Chris was delivering the "joke" he was actually laughing.

Will Smith needs some lessons in anger management and also some guidance on marital relations for him and Jada. Is he going to slap all of social media for chatting about her never ending affairs?

Chris Rock is noted for his verbal bulling at the awards on a previous occasion. Why hasn't the Academy awards organisers reeled in this verbal bulling tactic from hosts and presenters that has been accepted over the years for cheap laughs.

Will Smith confronted the bully for degrading his wife who has a medical condition which Chris Rock new about as it's well published in the industry. A slap in face to the bully and justly so to the aghast of all those present and viewers, and of course the Academy itself.

In my day growing up, if bullied etc you stood up to them & in some cases physically as well. Nooo, not in today's wimpy society.

Hopefully the Academy will set better guidelines for host & presenters for the future just like they changed the rules after a representative for Marlon Brando accepted his award.

Sometimes a slap in the face is needed to make these bullies stop the verbal bulling that's become prominent.

Good on Will Smith.

A perfect example of wife manipulating her husband and he fell for it.

why do I say that you ask?

Have a look at the couple during this incident like Sophie said he was laughing at firs till he saw his wife's face.

The Academy is full of sick jokes that's why I don't bother to watch it and have not done so for donkeys years, hardly ever go to the movies either.  They are all as bad as one another.

What sort of example did that slap show the children watching this?

Reminds me of the one punches that kill people in Australia these days.

If he was a gentleman would have complained to the Academy afterwards, I am sure that for example Prince William could throw a few punches to the rudeness some show his wife Kate.

The Oscars finally got exciting. Love to see the fresh Prince of Bel Air take on the other Rock LOL

That's a stoop too low, what is next? Jokes on others with cancer, severe burn victims, limb loss, etc.

When seeing the video, I saw Will laugh and he no doubt thought his wife would be too, but when he saw she wasn't, he reacted. She was hurt and rightly so.

Chris Rock lost his moral compass and once that's gone, there's no coming back.

I have only found one person who did this successfully and he was on one of the Talent type shows, he was the person with the affliction and turned the jokes on himself, not on another. Now that someone with a moral compass pointing at true.

'I was sickened by the standing ovation': Jim Carrey slams Oscars audience for clapping Will Smith after he assaulted Chris Rock and says he'd sue Smith for $200million if he was the victim

Carrey, 60, was asked by CBS' Gayle King about the endlessly analyzed moment on the CBS Morning News while doing press for Sonic the Hedgehog 2. 'I was sickened by the standing ovation,' he said. 'I felt like Hollywood is just spineless en masse. It really felt like this is a clear indication that we're not the cool club anymore.' The comedian, who briefly overlapped with rock in the early 90s at Fox's In Living Colour, said that Rock didn't file charges against Smith because he 'didn't want the hassle.'