As it should have been

When Chuck Norris tells a joke about Will Smiths wife......Will Smith stands up and slaps his wife.

This is a meme that jokes about the 2022 Academy Awards incident where Will Smith slapped comedian Chris Rock after Chris Rock made a joke about Will Smith's wife. The meme uses the classic 'Chuck Norris fact' format: hyperbolic jokes that lean into the long-running internet trope that Chuck Norris is extremely tough and intimidating, and everyone fears upsetting him. The top text reads 'When Chuck Norris tells a joke about Will Smiths wife......Will Smith stands up and slaps his wife.' The image below is a photo of Chuck Norris holding a microphone on stage. The joke twists the original incident: instead of Will Smith slapping the comedian who told the joke, he slaps his own wife to avoid angering the fearsome Chuck Norris, which is the absurd punchline fitting the Chuck Norris fact meme style.

This meme originates from Reddit, with the original title 'As it should have been' as provided. It was created shortly after the 2022 Will Smith Oscar slap incident, which went viral across the internet and spawned many memes. It builds on two existing cultural reference points: the decades-old internet meme trope of 'Chuck Norris facts' (absurd hyperbolic jokes about Chuck Norris's toughness) and the viral 2022 Oscar controversy, making it a derivative joke meme that combines both.