He represents a cohort of petulant and elitist celebrities who feign interest in social causes in order to stay relevant and maintain media praise.

The Oscars has become a breeding ground for modern day snake oil charlatans who use their ability to read lines off a script to sell one product.

Themselves.

It speaks to a broad societal problem when a man, unhappy with words spoken by another, has the confidence to commit violence in a room being livestreamed around the world.

Even more tragic is that only minutes after assaulting presenter Chris Rock, this cohort of self-professed progressives gave Smith a standing ovation.

In any other workplace, or work event, Smith’s actions would result in instant dismissal.

But in this microcosm, Smith is crowned king and allowed to party with his Hollywood pals.

As British comic Ricky Gervis notes, this is no surprise considering half of Hollywood were happy to be pals with paedophile and sex-trafficker Jeffery Epstein.

Yet, despite the clear moral ambiguity of Hollywood and the insufferable culture of preachy wokeisms, we in the media still have the gall to turn to these individuals for insights.

Our own taxpayer-funded ABC will quote their social or political campaigns instructing ordinary people how to vote in elections.

This article from dating back to the 2016 US election campaign took the time to explain to Australians what Robert Downey Jr, Scarlett Johansson and The Incredible Hulk thinks of Donald Trump.

“Hollywood star Don Cheadle appears to allude to the Republican presidential nominee when referring in the video to ‘a racist, abusive coward who could permanently damage the fabric of our society’,” the ABC reports.

“Actor Mark Ruffalo even goes as far as to promise to do a nude scene in his next movie if every eligible voter turns out to the polls.

“Save the Day was founded by Joss Whedon, director of two instalments of the hit The Avengers films, among other works.”

Now, these actors seem like reasonably pleasant individuals but what on earth do they know about political policy?

What do they know of the plights of the average person beyond their own insular and elite social circles.

Smith’s inability to control his temper should serve as a reminder that celebrities are just people.

And in most cases, their takes on morality should be dutifully ignored.