Following Will Smith's slap on Chris Rock in the course of the Oscars present final evening, a number of different comedians and TV personalities have expressed concern over their security when performing reveals.

"Let me inform you one thing, it is a very dangerous observe to stroll up on stage and bodily assault a Comic. Now all of us have to fret about who desires to be the subsequent Will Smith in comedy golf equipment and theaters," comic Kathy Griffin wrote on Twitter.

The feedback by Griffin come shortly after Smith was seen slapping Rock after the comic made a joke about Smith's spouse, Jada Pinkett Smith.

"Jada, I like you. G.I. Jane 2, cannot wait to see it," Rock stated, evaluating the G.I. Jane star, Demi Moore, to Pinkett Smith, who suffers from alopecia. In G.I. Jane, Moore has a shaved head.

Shortly after the joke, Smith was seen strolling on stage and slapping rock within the face. Smith may then be heard from the group telling Rock to maintain Pinkett Smith's identify out of his mouth.

Along with Griffin, a number of different comedians and celebrities have expressed considerations for security following the incident on the Oscars.

Pleasure Behar, a comic and co-host of The View stated, "I used to be pondering, comedians are in peril, all over the place," when requested concerning the incident on Monday.

Comic Jimmy Dore additionally had an identical tackle the incident, writing on Twitter, "What Will Smith & the Academy Awards did was make everybody who performs dwell lots much less protected.

"Now the subsequent time a comic will get heckled by a girl & the comic responds, her husband/boyfriend will really feel it his responsibility to assault the comic.

"Superb how folks help this."

Equally, comic Brian Redban wrote, "I'm wondering if Will Smith simply opened the door to viewers members attacking comics when doing crowd work."

Comic and late evening TV present host Jimmy Kimmel additionally spoke concerning the incident throughout an look on The Ringer podcast, hosted by Invoice Simmons.

"Comedians are actually mad, I really feel all of them really feel like they're subsequent," Kimmel stated on the podcast.

Janai Nelson, who serves because the president of the NAACP Authorized Protection and Instructional Fund additionally criticized Smith.

"I do know we're all nonetheless processing, however the best way informal violence was normalized tonight by a collective nationwide viewers can have penalties that we will not even fathom within the second," Nelson wrote.

Following the incident on Sunday evening, Smith acquired an Oscar for finest actor for his function within the film King Richard. Within the film, Smith performs Richard Williams, the daddy of Venus and Serena Williams.

Throughout his acceptance speech, Smith appeared to apologize for the slap and stated, "Richard Williams was a fierce defender of his household. On this time in my life, on this second, I'm overwhelmed by what God is asking me to do and be on this world."

Newsweek reached out to representatives for Smith and Rock for remark however didn't obtain a response in time for publication.

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Actor Will Smith slapped comic Chris Rock in the course of the Oscars award present on Sunday, prompting comedians to specific concern for his or her security in upcoming reveals. Above, Smith is seen slapping Rock onstage in the course of the 94th Oscars on the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California, on March 27.Robyn Beck/Getty