Words That Hurt Like a Slap

Susan Kelley
5 min readMar 28, 2022

Why I’m Okay With Will Smith

Will Smith slaps Chris Rock at the 2022 Oscars Photo Credit: Vox

Full disclosrue — I did not watch the Oscars. And anyway, I am more of a Tonys gal. But I do enjoy films, and I have distinct taste in the films I enjoy.

But I digress.

I do pay attention to the news, of course, and who could miss the internet simply exploding over Will Smith’s behavior at the Oscars? It overshadowed what should have…

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Susan Kelley

Susan is a runner, a mom of 3 grown children, and an avid traveler. She writes about humans, and wrote a book about false accusations of sexual assault.