Gamers Have Embraced The Will Smith Slapping Meme From The Oscars

Will Smith slapping Chris Rock at the 2022 Oscars was one of—if not the most—memorable moment of the night. A poorly received joke about his wife led to Smith confronting Rock on stage, where camera operators captured a still shot of the incident.

The heated exchange has quickly spread to several gaming circles and platforms. Reddit has taken the image and used it as meme fodder, with users like ZombieEmergency4391 posting it on the Harry Potter Game subreddit.

While the image has become a hit on Reddit, Twitter has found a use for the legendary still shot, making a litany of other memes, like Dubnerd2’s Pokémon post.

Uaekoala69 posted several other memes that surfaced on Twitter following the Oscar moment. These posts contain references to the Rock Smash move from the Pokémon franchise and Fruit Ninja.

The incident has even found a categorization on Know You Meme that explains what happened for those who missed what happened live.

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