A 94th Academy Awards that steadily maintained a buoyant spirit was rocked by an unbelievable exchange after Will Smith took offence to a joke made by Chris Rock about his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith. Will Smith in his acceptance speech got emotional and said “I’m being called on in my life to love people and to protect people, and to be a river to my people…you’ve got to be able to take abuse, you’ve got to smile and pretend like that’s okay.