[Senator Clay Davis]

The easiest way to tell this is legit is to just think of the outcomes here:

- Chris Rock is now permanently meme'd, and it's a really embarrassing meme to boot. Even for a comedian, it's tough to believe he'd voluntarily want to be immortalized as the new "What did the five fingers say to the face".

- Will Smith, image conscious as he is, looks like an even bigger #### then everyone already thought he was before the slap. Pretty clear Jada makes him go do that. For him to get more upset at a tame comedian joke then he publicly has for his wife ####ing whoever? Not good.

Of course the Oscars have been a ratings sieve for a while and that feeds into the possibility this was all a work (although cutting 8 awards from the broadcast and STILL having the show close to four hours suggests they truly don't care about ratings). But both guys come out of this for the worse, Will by a lot. Can't imagine they'd voluntarily accept the end result here.