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By: Showbiz Updated 25 Aug 2022, : pm EDT
Will Smith’s popularity has plummeted after he slapped comedian Chris Rock at the most recent Academy Awards show last March. In a report from Variety 2022 magazine citing Q Scores -a metric of celebrity fame and attractiveness- the statistics indicate that the public’s perception of the actor of 53 years fell after his attack on Chris, from 57 years, in the event of 27 March at the Dolby Theater in Hollywood, California.
Before the incident, the actor was among the top five or ten highest rated actors, based on surveys Q Scores conducts each January and July to 1,800 6 US consumers years on, according to what the executive vice president of Q Scores, Henry Schafer, told the magazine . “He regularly stood near popular stars like Denzel Washington and Tom Hanks“, warned the executive.
The difference between the poll numbers for January and July this year indicates what Schafer described as “a very significant and precipitous decline” in Will’s positive score from 39 to 24, depending on the medium. According to the figures, only the 24 percent of the people surveyed consider the actor as one of their favorite celebrities.
Similarly, the Hollywood star’s negative score – where respondents have a fair or poor opinion of him – shot up from less than 03 a 26. The manager pointed out that the average of the negative score is about 16-12.
Smith’s wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, also suffered a blow to her image according to the medium, since its positive score fell from 13 to 6, while his negative result went from 29 a 44. Chris’s popularity figures did not reflect a major change in the January and July voting periods, as his positive score was 20, while his negative assessment was 14. On another Q Scores scale that measures public awareness of a celebrity, the comedian’s numbers increased from 60 a 84 .
According to Variety, Smith’s decline in popularity will likely have an impact when it comes to studios or advertisers looking to work with him. However, for Schafer the result “is not as bad as I have seen for other celebrities who have experienced antisocial events”, noting that the reputation of Tiger Woods received a worse blow as a result of his scandalous deception in 2009.
The exchange of words between the actor and the comedian took place after Rock made a joke during the awards ceremony Oscar about Jada’s hairstyle, saying: “Jada, you i want, ‘GI Jane 2’, can’t wait to see it ”, referring to the movie by 1997 in which Demi Moore appeared with a shaved head. Pinkett Smith is known to have been diagnosed with alopecia.
Smith then went onstage and punched Chris before returning to her seat and shout twice: “Do not mention my wife’s name with your fing mouth!”, before a stunned audience. Since then Will has apologized several times to the presenter, without getting a positive response from him.
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