A coach pulls the athlete’s hair, a former prime minister pulls the hair of a journalist, a current president slaps a child, and a beloved Hollywood actor is slaughtering a live broadcast of his colleague. There are a few times recorded on camera incidents, which, although different between them, share a common item: the violence in response to dissatisfaction. The image of power expressed through enforcement and insult remains alarmingly present.
Even more shocking are the incidents of violence that unfold in front of millions of spectators, such as the moment an award -winning Hollywood actress, Will Smithhe got up on the stage of the glittering Oscar night and slapped his colleague.
And this is how one wonders: Is it violence – physical or verbal – has become so common that it no longer shocks? And worst: do these images, spreading on social media, strengthen the perception that violence is an acceptable way of expressing power or dissatisfaction?
Let’s look at some such incidents …
The moment a basketball coach pulls a girl’s hair was recorded in video that has made it around the internet and has caused a lounge resulting in the dismissal of the 81 -year -old, who then apologized.
“I am deeply sorry for my behavior after the defeat by La Fargeville on Friday night in the match of the Class D state championship”, said Zoulo. “I want to sincerely apologize to Halei and her family, our team, good people in Northville Central Schools and our community. As a coach, it is in no way accepted to be treated with a player and I am honestly regretted, “says the letter distributed to US media from his son.
“I wish I could change what happened. I am grateful for the opportunity to be given the Northville Basketball Team for the last two years, especially last season, which was a difficult time for our family, “he said.
In the viral clip that led to his dismissal, the 81 -year -old coach approached Hailey Monroe and pulled her ponytail before shouting at her. One of her teammates of Monroe standing next to her, defended her.
::: HIGH SCHOOL COACH FIRED :::
Coach Jim Zullo was FIRED after being caught on camera pulling the hair of a player.
The incident happened after his team lost the New York Class D state championship game.
And watch that amazing young woman stand up for her friend! pic.twitter.com/OAEsKFt6s0
— Robbie Harvey (@therobbieharvey) March 22, 2025
Monroe appears in the video crying both before and after the incident, which happened while they saw their opponents celebrating the New York State Championship. Monroe is a graduate and top scorer in the championship.
Zulo claimed that Monroe had insulted him and that made him pull her ponytail.
Romano Prodi
The Italian news has been strongly concerned with the angry reaction of the Italian former prime minister and former European Commission President, the angry reaction of the Italian Italian Romano Prodi, who pulled the hair of a journalist in front of the cameras. The reason? He didn’t like the question.
The incident occurred after an event in Rome, where 85 -year -old Prodi was asked by journalist Lavinia Orefitsi about a specific excerpt from Ventine’s Manifesto, a founding pillar of the European Union.
The reason for the question of Orefitsi, which is a journalist on the Quarta Repubblica show, was the controversy that broke out last week after Georgia Meloni read Manifesto excerpts in the Italian parliament, commenting on it, “
When the journalist asked Prodi if he agrees that “individual property needs to be abolished, restricted, corrected, expanded on a case -by -case basis, not dogmatically”, from Ventopene’s manifesto, Prodi responded strongly annoyed: “But what are you asking me to ask me? Did I ever say that in my life? “
For her part, the journalist stressed that it was an excerpt from Ventine’s manifesto, and then Romano Prodi responded sarcastically: “I know it well, I’m not a kid, you know …”.
At this point it is alleged to have been followed by the gesture of the 85 -year -old politician, who according to the journalist put his hand on her hair and pulled it before accusing her of “having no sense of history”.
Here is the video of Romano Prodi Furrento who gives a pulled hair to the journalist who asked him an unwelcome question. Yes, it really happened … and now feminist, me too and liberal-plan-planning politicians who will say? Will Enrico Letta still say “I’m with Romano”? And the … pic.twitter.com/YmEsd7P1Ti
– Diego Fusaro (@DiegoFusaro) March 26, 2025
Although Prodi’s move was not clearly evident from the first shots released, on the night of Tuesday, March 25, 2025, the dimartedì show showed new shots, from another point of view, which clearly shows that Romano Prodi actually pulled her hair from a journalist.
As the news was frightening, Romano Prodi himself told Ansa on Wednesday that “critics of his gesture towards a journalist confuse affection with aggression».
“Time clarifies many things. The affection is exchanged with aggression, “the 85 -year -old said after his meeting with European Parliament President Roberta Metsola in Brussels. The former prime minister, the Italian prime minister, stressed in the news media that he simply put her hand on her shoulder, “because she was saying irrational things.”
THE Muharrem Sarikaya, Haber Turk journalist, During a live interview with the Mayor of Gaziantep in Turkey slapped a sound technician who was trying to correct his headset. After the incident, Sarikaya apologized, but the technician said he would file a lawsuit. The channel ended its collaboration with the journalist.
The Mayor of Gaziantep, from which the presenter interviewed, continued to speak normally without reacting to the incident. After the interview, however, she apologized for her attitude.
Habertürk writer Muharrem Sarıkaya slapped the sound technician.#Habertürk
– eha medya (@eha_medya) December 19, 2021
In another incident one TV reporter in Pakistanwhile conveying a report to the Eid Al-Adha Muslim Festival, he slapped a young man who bothered a family during the interview. The journalist said he first tried to warn him verbally, but he continued his inappropriate behavior, leading it to the reaction.
“This guy bothered a family during the interview, something that upset them. I first tried to tell him beautifully that his behavior was not good, but he fell into the void and he was even more disturbed by the family. The boy’s behavior should not be tolerated, ”she said to justify her behavior.
The slap that shocked the Oscar
Reactions caused and the Slap that Will Smith gave to Chris Rock at Oscar 2022 ceremony who opened a great deal of talk about the boundaries of a joke and the choice of violence in order to support a woman. The discussion has even reached the possibility of removing the gold statue from the actor, who won the Oscar for the first male role for the role. “Williams Method”.
By posting on Instagram, After the savage that causedWill Smith apologized publicly about the slap, characterizing his unacceptable and unjustified behavior, stressing that he reacted emotionally to the “Excessive” joke about the medical condition of Jeddah Pinket Smith’s wife.
“Violence in all its forms is poisonous and destructive. My Oscar behavior was unacceptable and unjustified. The jokes at my expense is part of the job, but a joke about Jeddah’s medical condition was excessive for me and I reacted emotionally.
I would like to apologize publicly, Chris. I was out of bounds and I was wrong. I am ashamed and my actions were not indicative of the man I want to be. There is no room for violence in a world of love and kindness.
I would also like to apologize to the academythe producers of the film, all the attendees and all those who watch around the world. I would like to apologize to the Williams family and the King Richard family. I’m deeply sorry that my behavior has stained what was an otherwise wonderful journey for all of us » Will Smith wrote in his post.
After his slap Will Smith to Chris Rock and Salo, Twitter users still remembered A slap that the American actor threw on a journalist in 2012.