Thank you. I have no problem with him defending his wife. If someone talks smack about the women in my life I certainly would want to throw arms but I am not Will and he has more at stake here: his award, reputation, and risk of jail time (which is unlikely given his status).
I stronger statement would be him going up on that stage and addressing the issue on live television. The conversation would be different now. Chris could have chosen to escalate the situation by throwing arms as well, what a mess that would that have been.
So true! Glad it didn’t get worse, but wish it’d been handled better. And yeah, especially since she publicly blamed her infidelity on him not standing up for her/being present, I could see how this put in him the sting urge to show the world he has what it takes to defend her. Like you said though, would be much better if he’d done it like an adult, after his acceptance speech.