The line comes from the 94th Academy Awards in March 2022, when Will Smith walked on stage and slapped Chris Rock after a joke about his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith. Moments later, Smith shouted the warning from his seat, and the uncensored audio quickly spread across social media. Clipped from the broadcast, it became a widely shared reaction sound for defending someone, calling out disrespect and exaggerating a confrontation in memes, edits and short videos.