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  • 2022-03-31 (xsd:date)
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  • Did Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Criticize Will Smith for Slapping Chris Rock? (en)
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  • In March 2022, several Snopes readers got in touch to ask about the authenticity and provenance of quotes they had read, attributed to basketball legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, in which he firmly criticized Will Smith for slapping Chris Rock at that year's Oscars. For example, SportsKeeda.com published an article with the headline 'He did a lot more damage than just to Rock's face': Kareem Abdul Jabbar slams Will Smith over Chris Rock Oscars slap. On social media, a lengthy message — attributed to Abdul-Jabbar — went viral. It typically began: The message was especially widely shared on Facebook, and the image below shows just a selection of posts containing Abdul-Jabbar's criticisms of Smith: Those quotations were authentic, and the message was indeed written by Abdul-Jabbar. We are issuing a rating of Correct Attribution. Abdul-Jabbar originally published his thoughts on his Substack page, in a March 28 post headlined Will Smith Did a Bad, Bad Thing, which bore the sub-headline Slapping Chris Rock was also a blow to men, women, the entertainment industry, and the Black community: (en)
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