🏆 By now we all know what happened at the Oscars: Will Smith slapped Chris Rock after he made a joke about Jada Pinkett Smith. But what did the audience do? @Insider’s Taylor Simone Mitchell was in the room where it happened.

👀 The moment was brief but tense — and it remained on everyone's minds throughout the rest of the evening.

🤔 The feeling in the room had changed. Some people were visibly uncomfortable, and others were confused. Was the altercation staged, or was it real?

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