The world finally saw Will Smith’s true colors after his infamous 2022 Oscars slap on Chris Rock, according to Rob Schneider.
During an appearance on “The Kyle and Jackie O Show” Tuesday, the 60-year-old comedian branded Smith, 55, as a “liar” and a “fraud” despite his charming public persona.
“Will Smith is a t–t,” he said. “Will Smith has been hiding the fact of who he really is and it was exposed that night.”
Schneider, who is good friends with Rock, explained that he couldn’t comment on the slap when it happened because he was an elected SAG-AFTRA official — but he didn’t hold back this time around.
“He is really an a—hole,” he added
The “Saturday Night Live” alum called the slap a “deep dark thing” to do in front of millions of people, especially to a “really great legendary comedian” whom he considers “the best of our generation.”
His opinion of the “Bad Boys” actor caught the radio hosts by surprise given their positive experiences with Smith in the past.
“He is a liar,” Schneider countered. “[A] complete utter fraud.”
While Jackie O argued that Smith was “under pressure” at the time of the slap, the “Grown Ups” star said it was no excuse for his actions.
“Will is just a douchebag,” he said, adding that the “politically correct” Academy was “cowardly” not to remove him from the ceremony.
“If I would have done that, they would have hauled [me] out to prison,” he claimed. “They were so worried about being racist or whatever … it’s violence is what it is. The color of your skin or, you know, the religion doesn’t matter if you commit a crime in front of other people you get hauled out of there.”
While Kyle Sandilands argued Smith was “standing up for his missus,” Schneider once again said it didn’t excuse his behavior.
“It doesn’t matter! You can’t hit another dude,” he said, noting that Rock’s joke was “mild” anyway.
Shortly after the incident, Schneider said he checked in on his longtime collaborator but Rock wasn’t ready to talk about it.
“It took him a while to get to the point where he could react to it because it was a lot,” Schneider said. “He’s a very sensitive, great guy.”
Smith charged on stage at the 2022 Oscars and hit Rock after he made a joke at the expense of the “Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” star’s wife, Jada Pinkett Smith — known as the “slap seen around the world.”
Despite the shocking moment, Smith was allowed to stay at the ceremony and awkwardly won Best Actor for his role in “King Richard” soon after.
The Academy later banned the “Pursuit of Happyness” star from the Oscars and all of its events for a decade.
Smith later publicly apologized to Rock; However, their relationship never recovered.
Like Schneider, the “Madagascar” star once claimed the incident stripped Smith of his nice-guy persona.
During a comedy show a few months after the assault, Rock said Smith was “ugly” underneath his mask of perfection.
“Will did the impression of a perfect person for 30 years, and he ripped his mask off and showed us he was as ugly as the rest of us,” he said.
“Whatever the consequences are … I hope he doesn’t put his mask back on again and lets his real face breathe.”
