Washington said that him and Smith prayed after the actor hit Rock.
Washington was one of the first people to talk with the actor following the incident that saw the actor stride on stage to hit Chris Rock after he made a joke about his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith.
Denzel Washington has shared his views on the Will Smith Oscars slap after consoling him in the immediate aftermath.
While Smith claimed that he was defending Pinkett Smith from a joke about her alopecia diagnosis, a source close to Rock says he “had no idea” about it.