Zoe Kravitz Wishes She Never Spoke Out On The Will Smith/Chris Rock Oscar Slap

Honestly, I can’t believe people are still talking about that time Will Smith fucked with his career by playing Patty Cake with Chris Rock‘s face at the Oscars. And although Will is still trying to convince us that he’s sorry, we’ve all moved on and no longer care. Unfortunately for Zoe Kravitz, she says realized just a little too late she should have remained silent in the slap’s aftermath (the Slaps-termath?) and now wishes she never said anything in the first place because we’re living in a time when having an opinion can get you dragged all over social media.

Just in case you’re unfamiliar with Zoe’s, comments, People has the breakdown. A few days after The Slap Heard ‘Round The World Zoe, who was also in attendance, spoke on the matter by uploading a few since-deleted posts. In her first post, she captioned a photo of her Oscars dress with “here’s a picture of my dress at the show where we are apparently assaulting people on stage now.” Later on, after a wardrobe change, Zoe captioned a second photo with “and here is a picture of my dress at the party after the award show -where we are apparently screaming profanities and assaulting people on stage now.” Zoe then faced a barrage of angry comments which ultimately lead to her taking down both posts. Now, a thousand years later, Zoe has dug up her post-Slap comments during an interview with WSJ Magazine‘s Fall 2022 Women’s Fashion issue (via People) and she regrets saying anything about it at all.

“It’s a scary time to have an opinion or to say the wrong thing or to make controversial art or statements or thoughts or anything.”

“It’s mostly scary because art is about conversation,” Kravitz added. “That should, in my opinion, always be the point. The internet is the opposite of conversation. The internet is people putting things out and not taking anything in.”