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“The worst opening ever,” Lowe said Thursday on SiriusXM’s Andy Cohen Live. “When Will Smith slapped Chris Rock, I was the only person happy. Because I was like, ‘Oh, good. So now that’s the worst moment in Oscar history.’ But it turns out not really. Turns out I still am dragged, dragged every year.”
Smith infamously walked up to Oscars host Chris Rock during the live broadcast of the 2022 event and slapped him across the face after Rock made an unscripted joke about Smith’s wife, Jada Pinkett Smith. Ever the professional, Rock continued with the show following the incredulous moment seen by millions of viewers at home.
Rock joked that Pinkett Smith would soon be starring in the sequel to G.I. Jane, the 1997 movie in which Demi Moore’s character sported a shaved head. Pinkett Smith has been open about her experience with the hair loss condition alopecia.
Lowe had his own terrible moment on the Oscars stage back in 1989, as he and Snow White — yes, the princess — performed “Proud Mary” with a cinematic twist.
“This year even, I guess some people didn’t love some of the Emmys and they were like, ‘At least it wasn’t Rob,’” Lowe told Cohen. “It’s like, guys, there should be a statute of limitations.”
As Lowe has recounted, he did get positive feedback from a comedy great.
“Lucy came up to me afterwards,” he noted, “and said, ‘Young man, I didn’t know you were such a wonderful singer.’”
