Richard Williams Doesn't Mince Words While Weighing In On Will Smith Slapping Chris Rock

"We don\u2019t condone anyone hitting anyone else unless it\u2019s in self-defense,\u201d the father of Venus and Serena Williams said of the shocking attack at the Oscars.https://www.huffpost.com/entry/richard-williams-will-smith-chris-rock-not-condone-violence_n_62422b48e4b0e44de9b7e1bd\u00a0\u2026

— HuffPost (@HuffPost) 1648507562

Lol Richard be like \u201cDont use my parenting and Williams family as an excuse for your own way to protect your family\u201d

— \ud83d\udc80 (@\ud83d\udc80) 1648529257

I thought the most offensive part of Will\u2019s acceptance speech was the way he invoked Richard Williams to justify his behavior when the film demonstrated that RW stayed in control of himself and would not condone violence in response to words.

— Fanderson_isme (@Fanderson_isme) 1648524604

Great to see Richard Williams tell Will Smith to keep his name out of Will's mouth.

— Alamo_On_The_Rise \ud83d\ude37\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf2 (@Alamo_On_The_Rise \ud83d\ude37\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf2) 1648509207

I\u2019m definitely glad he said something. That seemed very manipulative to pull Richard Williams name into his acceptance speech to try and \u201cjustify\u201d his behavior around protecting family. Leave the mans name out pls. This behavior had nothing to do with him.

— Chubi Nwagbara (@Chubi Nwagbara) 1648526223

No comment on Smith/Rock, but I thought it was unfair for Will to liken his actions to Richard Williams \u201cdefense of his daughters.\u201d Bizarre comparison (Richard never smacked anyone). Especially frustrating given how Serena has gotten so much undue criticism for being \u201chostile.\u201d

— Susan Ryan (@Susan Ryan) 1648586722

This man should be enjoying his tremendous and inspiring story getting much-due recognition. But nope. He's having to condemn violence by the man that played him. Shameful. #WillSmithAssaulthttps://twitter.com/BuzzFeed/status/1508808534540099599\u00a0\u2026

— Christina CK Kerley (@Christina CK Kerley) 1648575590

When the person you portrayed in an Oscar-winning role says, "This guy doesn't speak for me," you know you screwed up.https://twitter.com/NPR/status/1508839929320771599\u00a0\u2026

— David Vienna (@David Vienna) 1648582032

Periodt! Cause he was using your name too loosely for my likinghttps://twitter.com/huffpost/status/1508576174221504517\u00a0\u2026

— Ken-Senpai\ud83c\udc04\ufe0f\u2728 (@Ken-Senpai\ud83c\udc04\ufe0f\u2728) 1648577213

Even the man with whom will smith was meant to be portraying doesn't want to be associated with this foolishness ...just tarnishes the whole affair .......His wife put his buisness on blast work your shit out in therapyhttps://twitter.com/Variety/status/1508628786862071813\u00a0\u2026

— Not2day (@Not2day) 1648521243