On March 27, 2022, during the live television broadcast of the 94th Academy Awards, actor Will Smith walked onstage and slapped comedian Chris Rock[1] across the face as he was about to present the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. Immediately before, Rock had acknowledged Smith's wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, with a joke that referenced the film G.I. Jane (1997). He was specifically referring to her shaved head, which Pinkett Smith has said was a response to her alopecia areata.