Jim Carrey says he would've sued Will Smith for $200 million if he were slapped onstage at the Oscars

• Jim Carrey says he would've reacted differently if he were slapped by Will Smith at the Oscars.
• Smith slapped Chris Rock onstage after the comedian joked about Smith's wife, Jada Pinkett Smith.

Jim Carrey says he would've taken immediate action if Will Smith had slapped him at the 2022 Oscars.

"I'd have announced this morning that I was suing Will for $200 million," Carrey told Gayle King on "CBS Mornings" on Monday. "That video's going to be there forever. It's going to be ubiquitous. That insult is going to last a very long time."

On Sunday night, Smith walked onto the Oscars stage and slapped Chris Rock after the comedian made a joke about the shaved head of Smith's wife, Jada Pinkett Smith.

Pinkett Smith has previously discussed having the hair-loss condition alopecia.

When King floated the idea that anyone else would've been escorted off the stage by security or "maybe even arrested," Carrey said, "He should have been."

"You do not have the right to walk up onstage and smack somebody in the face because they said words," the "Sonic the Hedgehog 2" actor added.

According to a statement from the Los Angeles Police Department, Rock declined to file a police report against Smith over the incident.

Carrey told CBS he believed Rock hadn't pressed charges because "he doesn't want the hassle."

Carrey also said he was bothered by the audience's reaction to the altercation at the 94th Academy Awards; Smith received a standing ovation minutes after the slap when he won the Oscar for best actor.

"I was sickened by the standing ovation," Carrey said. "I felt like Hollywood is just spineless en masse. And it really felt like this is a really clear indication that we're not the cool club anymore."

Celebrities have been divided on Smith's reaction. Tiffany Haddish said Smith's decision to "stand up" for his wife was "the most beautiful thing I've ever seen."

John Leguizamo said the incident "tarnished" Smith's "King Richard" performance, for which he won best actor.

Smith on Monday issued a public apology on Instagram in which the Oscar winner said he "was out of line" and "embarrassed" by his actions.

On Monday, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences said it would launch a formal investigation into Smith slapping Rock.