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Podcasting giant Joe Rogan, who also performs as a standup comic, slammed Will Smith for setting a 'terrible precedent' by slapping Chris Rock at the Oscars.
Rogan, 54, worried that 'dumb people' will now have license to start attacking comedians after Smith, 53, stormed the Dolby Theatre stage Sunday and slapped Rock, 57, for a GI Jane joke aimed at the actor's wife.
'It sets a terrible precedent in so many different ways,' Rogan said on his podcast on Tuesday. 'It sets a terrible precedent for comedy clubs. Like, are people going to decide to go on stage and smack a comedian now.'
Rogan was left dumbfounded by the Academy's decision to allow Smith to go up and accept his Oscar.
'It's a rare instance that someone so enormously famous and successful like Will Smith that they literally still allowed him to not just win the Academy Award, but also go up and accept it and give a speech after he assaulted a small comedian on stage.'