SNL's "Weekend Update" defends the Academy's inaction over Will Smith's slap of Chris Rock because it's "one of the craziest things we'll ever see"

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Colin Jost said on "Weekend Update" he "can't even blame" the Academy for not knowing what to do. “Nobody knew what to do. Even people at the Oscars were googling, ‘Did Will Smith just slap Chris Rock?'” he said. I think we should just acknowledge that that was one of the craziest things we will ever see in our lives. It’s truly like the Super Bowl wardrobe malfunction, but if Janet (Jackson's) nipple slapped (Justin) Timberlake.” Meanwhile Michael Che defended Chris Rock's joke about Jada Pinkett Smith's hair, saying: “Can we stop pretending everybody knew Jada had alopecia? I mean, as much as we’ve heard about Jada and Will’s personal lives, you can’t expect us to retain everything. It’s like Kanye saying, ‘Don’t act like y’all don’t know I had psoriasis!'”

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