Vir Das responds to to troll who said he deserves a slap like Chris Rock: ‘I slap back’

Vir Das has hit out at a troll who said he ‘deserves to be’ slapped like Chris Rock. At the 94th Academy Awards on March 28, actor Will Smith had smacked Chris for making a joke about his wife Jada Pinkett Smith. Vir said that while Chris had not hit back at Will, he for one would return the slap if someone tries to do the same to him. Also Read| The Bubble movie review: Sparkling satire gets lost in a bloated Judd Apatow comedy

The exchange took place on Twitter on Sunday after Vir shared a picture of his disheveled hair, and joked in the caption, “There’s mutiny the the hair.” A Twitter user mocked Vir in the comment section and wrote, “Someone needs to do a will Smith on this one. He would totally deserve it too.”

Vir reacted to the post by inviting the troll to his next show. He tweeted, “You’re welcome to buy a front row ticket and try at my next show. Just know I slap back. Also once you’ve spent that front row money, your wife will probably slap you for ruining her evening. Cheers.”

The comedian’s fans applauded his response, with one calling it “slapstick comedy.” Another wrote, “this is what I call ‘art of dealing with an online troll’. Very well done Vir.” Some fans trolled the Twitter user who wanted a slapgate for Vir, with one writing, “bold of you to assume he has a wife and one who wants to be seen with him him publicly.”

Another tweeted, “It won’t happen Vir, in the previous case both were celebrities, so guards didn’t enter the play. Here one Is ordinary citizen. Guard will perform a Thor ka hammer on him. if he tried to enter the stage.”

Though Vir had previously not reacted to the infamous Oscars slapgate, he had cracked a joke when The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has launched a formal review of the incident. Reacting to a news article about the probe, Vir had written sarcastically, “Maybe just watch the Oscars?”

Will Smith had slapped Chris for making a joke about Jada’s shaved head. “Jada, can’t wait for GI Jane 2,” the comedian had said, referring to Demi Moore’s 1997 movie GI Jane in which Demi’s character Jordan O’Neil shaved her head after joining Navy Seal and hides away her femininity, transforming into GI Jane. Jada, meanwhile, had revealed on her talk show a few years ago that she took the decision to shave her head after she was diagnosed with alopecia areata, an autoimmune disorder.

Will has since resigned from the Academy in the aftermath and a formal investigation in his con