Jessica Chastain Reflects On Winning Her Oscar Right After Will Smith Slapped Chris Rock

Jessica Chastain is opening up about her speech at the 2022 Academy Awards

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Which she made just after the controversial slap happened between Will Smith and Chris Rock.

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The 45-year-old actress won the statuette for her role as Tammy Faye Baker in The Eyes of Tammy Faye, and in a new interview with Net-a-Porter

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Opened up about what was going through her mind after the incident happened on stage.

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Looking back at her time on stage just after Will hit Chris, Jessica recalled that it was a weird night.

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Following the incident, Will resigned from The Academy, and also apologized to all the nominees and winners from the night.

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