While it is a tragedy of its own that Will Smith, who once held the title of Hollywood's Golden Boy, Mr. July, and Box Office King, among many other rose-tinted ones, will never be a part of anything as loud as his Oscar slap, there is no denying that the jokes that come with it, are hilarious. And when the joke is on Will Smith, well, it is even funnier when another Will Smith is the one making them at the Emmy Awards.

A glitch in the Hollywood stimulation is the best way to describe, the ordeal that unfolded at the Emmy Awards 2024 when it was announced that Will Smith had won an Emmy and instead of the Fresh Prince, a white spectacles-wearing man stepped up on stage. As the writer Will Smith grabbed his trophy, audiences wondered if the actor Will Smith ever had the opportunity to do so.

Although lesser known, Will Smith- the writer seemed to ooze the same confidence and charm on stage as the man, the myth, and the legend that thought to get jiggy with it. While, this Will Smith, despite being a writer, could replicate the same charisma as the actor, unfortunately, Will Smith, the actor himself, could not replicate the Emmy success of the writer. Despite having wriggled his foot in acting, rapping, and producing, Smith has only one Emmy nomination curtsy of executively producing Cobra Kai in 2021.

The Philadelphia-born's single Emmy nomination may come as a surprise to many owing to his namesake's win at the Emmy Awards 2024, but it has more to do with technicality than talent. The Emmy Awards are a celebration of cinematic brilliance on the silver screen, and Will Smith, the actor, has not returned to the same since his The Fresh Prince days.

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While Will Smith may not be present at the Emmy Awards due to technical reasons, this was not the first time the actor was shaded at an award show ceremony post his Oscar slap.

Following the Oscar slap, Will Smith was effectively banned from the Oscars for a decade. While the other prestigious award show decided to cut off on the harshness behind the stage choosing not to ban him, they made up for it on-stage. The best evidence of the same is Eddie Murphy's iconic Golden Globes 2023 acceptance speech where he noted keeping Will Smith's name out of "your --cking mouth" as one of the mantras of success.

Murphy's joke, owing to the freshness of the event, earned back a series of mind boggled looks, however, he would only be the first of many that were to follow. From Kevin Hart to Chris Rock, Jimmy Kimmel, and probably the next Oscar host that will take the stage, a Will Smith Oscar slap joke is now in the blueprint of an on-stage joke.

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