Chris Rock called out by Oscar winner for another joke made moments after Will Smith slap

An Oscar winner has called out Chris Rock for a joke he made immediately after he was slapped across the face by Will Smith at the 2022 Oscars.

The comedian was on stage to present the Best Documentary when he was left rattled by Smith's impromptu smack. So when it was time to present the award to Summer of Soul's director Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson and producers Robert Fyvolent, David Dinerstein and  Joseph Patel, Rock was too flustered to read all the winners' names. 

"I hope this is right," Rock said moments after the altercation with Smith. "Ahmir Thompson and four white guys." 

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The moment went unnoticed due to the aftermath of the slap, but producer Joseph Patel was not going to let it slide.

"It's taken me a few days to process everything. Still sort of processing it," he wrote in a lengthy Twitter post which has since been deleted. "Once we realised the Chris Rock/Will Smith interaction wasn't a bit, everything got turned upside down. Everyone was still trying to make sense of it when Chris persevered & started to read the nominees."

"What I didn't hear in that moment walking to stage but was told of afterwards is what Chris Rock said when reading our name from the winner's card – The winner is 'Summer of Soul … Ahmir 'Questlove' Thompson and … 4 white guys." WHAT IN THE ACTUAL F--K?????"

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Patel — who is of South Asian descent — said he was livid being "lumped in as 1 of 4 white guys" in front of his family and friends on live TV. And what's more, the slapping incident completely took away from all their hard work on the doco.

"The reason that makes me SO SO VERY ANGRY is because I was so proud to be one of a handful of South Asians to have ever won an Oscar in the history of the award," Patel tweeted.

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"I'm a big boy – I can take a joke. Comedians make jokes. But not in that moment. What a s---ty, disrespectful thing to do. AND HERE'S THE THING … It wasn't that Chris Rock was under stress. He made the same joke the night before on stage at the Roots Jam!

"So I'm angry. Angry at Will Smith. Angry at Chris Rock. Angry for me. Angry for Ahmir. Angry for my fellow filmmakers."