He was wrongfully smack-used.
After Will Smith controversially slapped Chris Rock on the 2022 Oscars, incensed social media watchdogs swarmed the verified Twitter timeline of Will Smith — a random Twitch gamerand podcaster with the identical identify as one of the best actor Academy Award winner for “King Richard.”
Now, Smith’s wrongfully accused digital doppelgänger has determined to troll those that thought he was the Oscar winner, racking up a whole bunch of 1000's of likes on Twitter,.
For individuals who’ve been dwelling below a popular culture rock, the incident occurred after Smith, 53 (the actor) smacked the 57-year-old comedian for cracking a divisive bald joke about his spouse Jada Pinkett Smith, who’s been open about her ongoing wrestle with alopecia.
Evidently, Will Smith, a beforehand little-known gamer with a blue verify mark, was fast to react to his movie star counterpart’s smackdown, tweeting: “whelp.”
“I’m sorry when you’re offended,” added Smith in a followup Tweet.
The social media civilian even commented how the viral Oscars incident contrasted with the “In Memoriam” section, writing: “Hopefully all anybody remembers on the finish of the present is that this inappropriately upbeat ‘In Memoriam’ section.”
“Gonna maintain tweeting by way of it,” Smith added, earlier than retweeting a follower who had quipped “Everyone hates Chris.”
The feedback got here after a military of social media bozos mistook the gamer for the “Hancock” actor — regardless of that undeniable fact that he explicitly mentions that he’s “notthatwillsmith” on his Twitter bio.
“Bruh management ur anger points,” tweeted one social media Sherlock Holmes, to which a Smith defender replied, “Bruh, study to tweet the precise particular person.”
One other Twitter sleuth wrote, “I over react to stuff on a regular basis. Simply get asmon to host you and also you’ll bounce again.”
Even legendary sports activities commentator Stephen A. Smith by accident messaged civilian Will Smith on Twitter, writing: “Please inform me I didn’t see what I simply noticed. Someone please inform me that @willsmith was joking and it was a part of the present when he simply smacked @chrisrock on Nationwide Tv.”
“I’m begging y’all….please don’t inform me @willsmith would do one thing like that???” he added.
Commenters have since commiserated with Smith’s mistaken id plight with one fan lamenting, “RIP your mentions.”
One Twitter wit even purposefully at talked about the improper Chris Rock in jest, writing “@Chris_Rock I feel you two must hug this out.”
“I'll when he apologizes to me personally,” replied Smith, who now boasts over 191,000 Twitter followers due to being confused with the “Pursuit of Happyness” star.
“Yea we actually ought to,” chimed within the pretend Chris Rock in query.
Smith has since clarified that he's not, in truth, the “Males In Black” actor.
“Actual discuss, I’m not the particular person you’re upset/proud of. I make podcasts and video video games for a dwelling,” he wrote. “On the threat of constructing individuals pissed off at me as an alternative of that different man, the world could be a greater place if we stopped answering phrases with violence.”
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