People reacted to a bizarre hypothetical Will Smith attack on Betty White with their own versions – 17 favourites

If you were on social media on Monday, you could be forgiven for thinking that the only two celebrities ever to exist were Will Smith and Chris Rock, after that Oscars incident.

That is until Betty White entered the fray – not literally, obviously, but through this wild leap from Dr Emily Porter.

Writer Brittany Packnett Cunningham summed up the situation.

the hypotheticals are getting so weirdddddd pic.twitter.com/Km2gsWPdY5

— 🖤. (@MsPackyetti) March 28, 2022

In fact, the hypotheticals were about to get even weirder, and these were the best of the bunch.

1.

Just a reminder that if Will Smith had built a time machine and went back in time and slapped harriet tubman as a baby for a joke she made (however insensitive), she easily could’ve fallen backward, cracked her skull and never freed slaves. Violence is NEVER okay.

— MONTERO (@LilNasX) March 28, 2022

2.

What if Chris Rock had insulted Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick drove a car onto the stage and ran him over?

— Be Like Unto the Boy (@chronic_nagging) March 28, 2022

3.

Just a reminder that if Will Smith had slapped a baby into a big pile of spicy peppers for a joke he made, he easily could have stumbled around looking for a glass of water saying “ooh hot hot hot” and drink it only to realise it was Acme brand acid and then die of acid tummy pic.twitter.com/TB5x6DeKG8

— James Felton (@JimMFelton) March 28, 2022

4.

what if instead of slapping chris rock at the oscars, will smith was a time traveler who slapped baby hitler?

— Bobby Lewis (@revrrlewis) March 28, 2022

5.

What if Chris Rock's head was actually cake, and Will Smith not only got his hand and suit messy slapping Chris' cake head but also made a mess on the stage and then Amy Schumer slipped on some fondant and fell into a rube goldberg machine that ejected her into Temecula where she

— @PiaGlenn (@PiaGlenn) March 28, 2022

6.

Just a reminder that if Betty White had been a victim of the giant hand "High Five" gag in Jackass 3D, she easily could've fallen backward, cracked her skull and died of a brain bleed.

— James Urbaniak (@JamesUrbaniak) March 28, 2022

7.

what if it wasn't chris rock he slapped but a baby, and the baby was strapped to a bomb, and what if you could stop the bomb by slapping the baby, but to slap the baby you had to give up a kidney

— joe (@mutablejoe) March 28, 2022

8.

What if Will Smith had dropped an anvil on Chris Rock then Chris Rock popped up like an accordion and chased Will Smith with a mallet through a painting in the wall??? WHAT THEN??????

— stefa pie (@stefapie) March 28, 2022