Will Smith drama continues

The most-discussed Oscars topic on social media was no surprise. There were 3,357,759 Tweets mentioning Will Smith on March 27, and 2,096,580 Tweets mentioning Chris Rock, according to ListenFirst. Will Smith and Chris Rock were mentioned together in a tweet 1,410,714 times, while a tweet sharing the Japanese television feed of Smith slapping Rock with uncensored audio got 609,953 engagements and was the most popular Tweet mentioning both of them. All told, there were 6,782,662 tweets that mentioned the Oscars on March 27, up 164% from 2021, including one from Oscars producer Will Packer: “Welp…I said it wouldn’t be boring.