Following his slap of Rock, Smith’s favorability rating was 50% — a drop-off of 30 percentage points from a January 2020 survey. In the aftermath of the incident, comedians such as Jim Carrey and Wanda Sykes have criticized Smith’s actions as well as the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ handling of the situation, which included allowing Smith to stay at the ceremony and accept the best actor award for his role in “King Richard.” Smith ranked third on Morning Consult’s 2018 Most Loved Entertainers list, behind only Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and Jackie Chan.

The favorability rating of Chris Rock, whom Smith slapped after the comedian made a “G.I. Jane” comment about Pinkett Smith’s short hair, was 60%. The attention from the moment has benefited Rock: In addition to some Hollywood peers publicly supporting him, ticket sales for Rock’s “Ego Death” tour have soared, with StubHub reporting that it saw more than 25 times the daily sales in the 48 hours following the incident.