diff --git a/packages/react-dom/src/events/DOMEventResponderSystem.js b/packages/react-dom/src/events/DOMEventResponderSystem.js
index a1d00e83b3..9e4d66cafd 100644
--- a/packages/react-dom/src/events/DOMEventResponderSystem.js
+++ b/packages/react-dom/src/events/DOMEventResponderSystem.js
@@ -372,29 +372,6 @@ const eventResponderContext: ReactDOMResponderContext = {
   },
   getActiveDocument,
   objectAssign: Object.assign,
-  getEventCurrentTarget(event: ReactDOMResponderEvent): Element {
-    validateResponderContext();
-    const target = event.target;
-    let fiber = getClosestInstanceFromNode(target);
-    let hostComponent = target;
-    const currentResponder = ((currentInstance: any): ReactDOMEventComponentInstance)
-      .responder;
-
-    while (fiber !== null) {
-      const stateNode = fiber.stateNode;
-      if (
-        fiber.tag === EventComponent &&
-        (stateNode === null || stateNode.responder === currentResponder)
-      ) {
-        break;
-      }
-      if (fiber.tag === HostComponent) {
-        hostComponent = fiber.stateNode;
-      }
-      fiber = fiber.return;
-    }
-    return ((hostComponent: any): Element);
-  },
   getTimeStamp(): number {
     validateResponderContext();
     return currentTimeStamp;
@@ -553,6 +530,7 @@ function createDOMResponderEvent(
   }
 
   return {
+    currentTarget: nativeEventTarget,
     nativeEvent: nativeEvent,
     passive,
     passiveSupported,
@@ -650,11 +628,12 @@ function getDOMTargetEventTypesSet(
   return cachedSet;
 }
 
-function storeTargetEventResponderInstance(
+function handleTargetEventResponderInstance(
   listeningName: string,
+  responderEvent: ReactDOMResponderEvent,
   eventComponentInstance: ReactDOMEventComponentInstance,
-  eventResponderInstances: Array<ReactDOMEventComponentInstance>,
-  eventComponentResponders: null | Set<ReactDOMEventResponder>,
+  hookComponentResponderValidation: null | Set<ReactDOMEventResponder>,
+  propagatedEventResponders: null | Set<ReactDOMEventResponder>,
 ): void {
   const responder = eventComponentInstance.responder;
   const targetEventTypes = responder.targetEventTypes;
@@ -662,74 +641,34 @@ function storeTargetEventResponderInstance(
   if (targetEventTypes !== undefined) {
     const targetEventTypesSet = getDOMTargetEventTypesSet(targetEventTypes);
     if (targetEventTypesSet.has(listeningName)) {
-      eventResponderInstances.push(eventComponentInstance);
-      if (eventComponentResponders !== null) {
-        eventComponentResponders.add(responder);
+      if (hookComponentResponderValidation !== null) {
+        hookComponentResponderValidation.add(responder);
       }
-    }
-  }
-}
-
-function getTargetEventResponderInstances(
-  listeningName: string,
-  targetFiber: null | Fiber,
-): Array<ReactDOMEventComponentInstance> {
-  // We use this to know if we should check add hooks. If there are
-  // no event targets, then we don't add the hook forms.
-  const eventComponentResponders = new Set();
-  const eventResponderInstances = [];
-  let node = targetFiber;
-  while (node !== null) {
-    // Traverse up the fiber tree till we find event component fibers.
-    const tag = node.tag;
-    const dependencies = node.dependencies;
-    if (tag === EventComponent) {
-      const eventComponentInstance = node.stateNode;
-      // Switch to the current fiber tree
-      node = eventComponentInstance.currentFiber;
-      storeTargetEventResponderInstance(
-        listeningName,
-        eventComponentInstance,
-        eventResponderInstances,
-        eventComponentResponders,
-      );
-    } else if (tag === FunctionComponent && dependencies !== null) {
-      const events = dependencies.events;
-      if (events !== null) {
-        for (let i = 0; i < events.length; i++) {
-          const eventComponentInstance = events[i];
-          if (eventComponentResponders.has(eventComponentInstance.responder)) {
-            storeTargetEventResponderInstance(
-              listeningName,
-              eventComponentInstance,
-              eventResponderInstances,
-              null,
-            );
-          }
+      const {isHook, props, state} = eventComponentInstance;
+      const onEvent = responder.onEvent;
+      if (onEvent !== undefined) {
+        if (
+          shouldSkipEventComponent(
+            eventComponentInstance,
+            ((responder: any): ReactDOMEventResponder),
+            propagatedEventResponders,
+            isHook,
+          )
+        ) {
+          return;
+        }
+        currentInstance = eventComponentInstance;
+        currentlyInHook = isHook;
+        onEvent(responderEvent, eventResponderContext, props, state);
+        if (!isHook) {
+          checkForLocalPropagationContinuation(
+            responder,
+            ((propagatedEventResponders: any): Set<ReactDOMEventResponder>),
+          );
         }
       }
     }
-    node = node.return;
   }
-  return eventResponderInstances;
-}
-
-function getRootEventResponderInstances(
-  listeningName: string,
-): Array<ReactDOMEventComponentInstance> {
-  const eventResponderInstances = [];
-  const rootEventInstances = rootEventTypesToEventComponentInstances.get(
-    listeningName,
-  );
-  if (rootEventInstances !== undefined) {
-    const rootEventComponentInstances = Array.from(rootEventInstances);
-
-    for (let i = 0; i < rootEventComponentInstances.length; i++) {
-      const rootEventComponentInstance = rootEventComponentInstances[i];
-      eventResponderInstances.push(rootEventComponentInstance);
-    }
-  }
-  return eventResponderInstances;
 }
 
 function shouldSkipEventComponent(
@@ -778,10 +717,6 @@ function traverseAndHandleEventResponderInstances(
   // - Bubble target phase
   // - Root phase
 
-  const targetEventResponderInstances = getTargetEventResponderInstances(
-    listeningName,
-    targetFiber,
-  );
   const responderEvent = createDOMResponderEvent(
     ((topLevelType: any): string),
     nativeEvent,
@@ -790,57 +725,70 @@ function traverseAndHandleEventResponderInstances(
     isPassiveSupported,
   );
   const propagatedEventResponders: Set<ReactDOMEventResponder> = new Set();
-  let length = targetEventResponderInstances.length;
-  let i;
+
+  // We use this to know if we should check add hooks. If there are
+  // no event targets, then we don't add the hook forms.
+  const hookComponentResponderValidation = new Set();
 
   // Bubbled event phases have the notion of local propagation.
   // This means that the propgation chain can be stopped part of the the way
-  // through processing event component instances. The major difference to other
-  // events systems is that the stopping of propagation is localized to a single
-  // phase, rather than both phases.
-  if (length > 0) {
-    // Bubble target phase
-    for (i = 0; i < length; i++) {
-      const targetEventResponderInstance = targetEventResponderInstances[i];
-      const {isHook, props, responder, state} = targetEventResponderInstance;
-      const eventListener = responder.onEvent;
-      if (eventListener !== undefined) {
-        if (
-          shouldSkipEventComponent(
-            targetEventResponderInstance,
-            ((responder: any): ReactDOMEventResponder),
-            propagatedEventResponders,
-            isHook,
-          )
-        ) {
-          continue;
-        }
-        currentInstance = targetEventResponderInstance;
-        currentlyInHook = isHook;
-        eventListener(responderEvent, eventResponderContext, props, state);
-        if (!isHook) {
-          checkForLocalPropagationContinuation(
-            responder,
-            propagatedEventResponders,
-          );
+  // through processing event component instances.
+  let node = targetFiber;
+  while (node !== null) {
+    const {dependencies, stateNode, tag} = node;
+    if (tag === HostComponent) {
+      responderEvent.currentTarget = stateNode;
+    } else if (tag === EventComponent) {
+      const eventComponentInstance = stateNode;
+      // Switch to the current fiber tree
+      node = eventComponentInstance.currentFiber;
+      handleTargetEventResponderInstance(
+        listeningName,
+        responderEvent,
+        eventComponentInstance,
+        hookComponentResponderValidation,
+        propagatedEventResponders,
+      );
+    } else if (tag === FunctionComponent && dependencies !== null) {
+      const events = dependencies.events;
+      if (events !== null) {
+        for (let i = 0; i < events.length; i++) {
+          const eventComponentInstance = events[i];
+          if (
+            hookComponentResponderValidation.has(
+              eventComponentInstance.responder,
+            )
+          ) {
+            handleTargetEventResponderInstance(
+              listeningName,
+              responderEvent,
+              eventComponentInstance,
+              null,
+              null,
+            );
+          }
         }
       }
     }
+    node = node.return;
   }
+  // Reset currentTarget to be null
+  responderEvent.currentTarget = null;
   // Root phase
-  const rootEventResponderInstances = getRootEventResponderInstances(
+  const rootEventInstances = rootEventTypesToEventComponentInstances.get(
     listeningName,
   );
-  length = rootEventResponderInstances.length;
-  if (length > 0) {
-    for (i = 0; i < length; i++) {
-      const rootEventResponderInstance = rootEventResponderInstances[i];
-      const {isHook, props, responder, state} = rootEventResponderInstance;
-      const eventListener = responder.onRootEvent;
-      if (eventListener !== undefined) {
+  if (rootEventInstances !== undefined) {
+    const rootEventComponentInstances = Array.from(rootEventInstances);
+
+    for (let i = 0; i < rootEventComponentInstances.length; i++) {
+      const rootEventComponentInstance = rootEventComponentInstances[i];
+      const {isHook, props, responder, state} = rootEventComponentInstance;
+      const onRootEvent = responder.onRootEvent;
+      if (onRootEvent !== undefined) {
         if (
           shouldSkipEventComponent(
-            rootEventResponderInstance,
+            rootEventComponentInstance,
             responder,
             null,
             isHook,
@@ -848,9 +796,9 @@ function traverseAndHandleEventResponderInstances(
         ) {
           continue;
         }
-        currentInstance = rootEventResponderInstance;
+        currentInstance = rootEventComponentInstance;
         currentlyInHook = isHook;
-        eventListener(responderEvent, eventResponderContext, props, state);
+        onRootEvent(responderEvent, eventResponderContext, props, state);
       }
     }
   }
diff --git a/packages/react-events/src/dom/Focus.js b/packages/react-events/src/dom/Focus.js
index 676ac32518..32c4101b4e 100644
--- a/packages/react-events/src/dom/Focus.js
+++ b/packages/react-events/src/dom/Focus.js
@@ -207,8 +207,10 @@ function handleRootPointerEvent(
 
   // Focus should stop being visible if a pointer is used on the element
   // after it was focused using a keyboard.
+  const focusTarget = state.focusTarget;
   if (
-    state.focusTarget === context.getEventCurrentTarget(event) &&
+    focusTarget !== null &&
+    context.isTargetWithinNode(event.target, focusTarget) &&
     (type === 'mousedown' || type === 'touchstart' || type === 'pointerdown')
   ) {
     dispatchFocusVisibleOutEvent(context, props, state);
@@ -253,7 +255,7 @@ const FocusResponder: ReactDOMEventResponder = {
         if (!state.isFocused) {
           // Limit focus events to the direct child of the event component.
           // Browser focus is not expected to bubble.
-          state.focusTarget = context.getEventCurrentTarget(event);
+          state.focusTarget = event.currentTarget;
           if (state.focusTarget === target) {
             state.isFocused = true;
             state.isLocalFocusVisible = isGlobalFocusVisible;
diff --git a/packages/react-events/src/dom/Hover.js b/packages/react-events/src/dom/Hover.js
index 50628dadc7..6f95de69bf 100644
--- a/packages/react-events/src/dom/Hover.js
+++ b/packages/react-events/src/dom/Hover.js
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ const HoverResponder: ReactDOMEventResponder = {
           if (isEmulatedMouseEvent(event, state)) {
             return;
           }
-          state.hoverTarget = context.getEventCurrentTarget(event);
+          state.hoverTarget = event.currentTarget;
           state.ignoreEmulatedMouseEvents = true;
           dispatchHoverStartEvents(event, context, props, state);
         }
diff --git a/packages/react-events/src/dom/Press.js b/packages/react-events/src/dom/Press.js
index 0636fdd3e0..5ead8e9a97 100644
--- a/packages/react-events/src/dom/Press.js
+++ b/packages/react-events/src/dom/Press.js
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ type PressState = {
   isPressWithinResponderRegion: boolean,
   longPressTimeout: null | number,
   pointerType: PointerType,
-  pressTarget: null | Element,
+  pressTarget: null | Element | Document,
   pressEndTimeout: null | number,
   pressStartTimeout: null | number,
   responderRegionOnActivation: null | $ReadOnly<{|
@@ -619,6 +619,11 @@ function handleStopPropagation(
   }
 }
 
+function targetIsDocument(target: null | Node): boolean {
+  // When target is null, it is the root
+  return target === null || target.nodeType === 9;
+}
+
 const PressResponder: ReactDOMEventResponder = {
   displayName: 'Press',
   targetEventTypes,
@@ -691,7 +696,7 @@ const PressResponder: ReactDOMEventResponder = {
           // We set these here, before the button check so we have this
           // data around for handling of the context menu
           state.pointerType = pointerType;
-          state.pressTarget = context.getEventCurrentTarget(event);
+          const pressTarget = (state.pressTarget = event.currentTarget);
           if (isPointerEvent) {
             state.activePointerId = pointerId;
           } else if (isTouchEvent) {
@@ -712,12 +717,14 @@ const PressResponder: ReactDOMEventResponder = {
           ) {
             return;
           }
-
-          state.responderRegionOnActivation = calculateResponderRegion(
-            context,
-            state.pressTarget,
-            props,
-          );
+          // Exclude document targets
+          if (!targetIsDocument(pressTarget)) {
+            state.responderRegionOnActivation = calculateResponderRegion(
+              context,
+              ((pressTarget: any): Element),
+              props,
+            );
+          }
           state.responderRegionOnDeactivation = null;
           state.isPressWithinResponderRegion = true;
           dispatchPressStartEvents(event, context, props, state);
@@ -824,11 +831,13 @@ const PressResponder: ReactDOMEventResponder = {
           }
           state.touchEvent = touchEvent;
         }
+        const pressTarget = state.pressTarget;
 
         if (
-          state.pressTarget !== null &&
+          pressTarget !== null &&
+          !targetIsDocument(pressTarget) &&
           (pointerType !== 'mouse' ||
-            !context.isTargetWithinNode(target, state.pressTarget))
+            !context.isTargetWithinNode(target, pressTarget))
         ) {
           // Calculate the responder region we use for deactivation, as the
           // element dimensions may have changed since activation.
@@ -934,14 +943,16 @@ const PressResponder: ReactDOMEventResponder = {
           }
 
           const wasLongPressed = state.isLongPressed;
+          const pressTarget = state.pressTarget;
           dispatchPressEndEvents(event, context, props, state);
 
-          if (state.pressTarget !== null && props.onPress) {
+          if (pressTarget !== null && props.onPress) {
             if (
               !isKeyboardEvent &&
-              state.pressTarget !== null &&
+              pressTarget !== null &&
+              !targetIsDocument(pressTarget) &&
               (pointerType !== 'mouse' ||
-                !context.isTargetWithinNode(target, state.pressTarget))
+                !context.isTargetWithinNode(target, pressTarget))
             ) {
               // If the event target isn't within the press target, check if we're still
               // within the responder region. The region may have changed if the
diff --git a/packages/react-events/src/rn/Press.js b/packages/react-events/src/rn/Press.js
index 89928a9646..278f3622ce 100644
--- a/packages/react-events/src/rn/Press.js
+++ b/packages/react-events/src/rn/Press.js
@@ -537,9 +537,7 @@ const PressResponder: ReactNativeEventResponder = {
     if (type === 'topTouchStart') {
       if (!state.isPressed) {
         state.pointerType = 'touch';
-        const pressTarget = (state.pressTarget = context.getEventCurrentTarget(
-          event,
-        ));
+        const pressTarget = (state.pressTarget = event.currentTarget);
 
         const touchEvent = getTouchFromPressEvent(nativeEvent);
         if (touchEvent === null) {
diff --git a/packages/react-native-renderer/src/ReactFabricEventResponderSystem.js b/packages/react-native-renderer/src/ReactFabricEventResponderSystem.js
index fa0a9f4b87..b670d75f2a 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-renderer/src/ReactFabricEventResponderSystem.js
+++ b/packages/react-native-renderer/src/ReactFabricEventResponderSystem.js
@@ -7,7 +7,11 @@
  * @flow
  */
 
-import {EventComponent, HostComponent} from 'shared/ReactWorkTags';
+import {
+  EventComponent,
+  HostComponent,
+  FunctionComponent,
+} from 'shared/ReactWorkTags';
 import type {Fiber} from 'react-reconciler/src/ReactFiber';
 import {
   batchedEventUpdates,
@@ -192,31 +196,6 @@ const eventResponderContext: ReactNativeResponderContext = {
     }
     return false;
   },
-  getEventCurrentTarget(
-    event: ReactNativeResponderEvent,
-  ): ReactNativeEventTarget {
-    validateResponderContext();
-    const target = event.target;
-    let fiber = getFiberFromTarget(target);
-    let hostComponent = target;
-    const currentResponder = ((currentInstance: any): ReactNativeEventComponentInstance)
-      .responder;
-
-    while (fiber !== null) {
-      const stateNode = fiber.stateNode;
-      if (
-        fiber.tag === EventComponent &&
-        (stateNode === null || stateNode.responder === currentResponder)
-      ) {
-        break;
-      }
-      if (fiber.tag === HostComponent) {
-        hostComponent = fiber.stateNode;
-      }
-      fiber = fiber.return;
-    }
-    return ((hostComponent: any): ReactNativeEventTarget);
-  },
   getTargetBoundingRect(
     target: ReactNativeEventTarget,
     callback: ({
@@ -320,7 +299,7 @@ function getFiberFromTarget(
   if (target === null) {
     return null;
   }
-  return ((target.canonical._internalInstanceHandle: any): Fiber);
+  return ((target.canonical._internalInstanceHandle: any): Fiber) || null;
 }
 
 function processTimers(
@@ -355,15 +334,12 @@ function createFabricResponderEvent(
   nativeEvent: ReactFaricEvent,
   target: null | ReactNativeEventTarget,
 ): ReactNativeResponderEvent {
-  const responderEvent = {
+  return {
+    currentTarget: target,
     nativeEvent,
     target,
     type: topLevelType,
   };
-  if (__DEV__) {
-    Object.freeze(responderEvent);
-  }
-  return responderEvent;
 }
 
 function validateResponderContext(): void {
@@ -490,35 +466,6 @@ function getFabricTargetEventTypesSet(
   return cachedSet;
 }
 
-// TODO this function is almost an exact copy of the DOM version, we should
-// somehow share the logic
-function getTargetEventResponderInstances(
-  topLevelType: ReactNativeEventResponderEventType,
-  targetFiber: null | Fiber,
-): Array<ReactNativeEventComponentInstance> {
-  const eventResponderInstances = [];
-  let node = targetFiber;
-  while (node !== null) {
-    // Traverse up the fiber tree till we find event component fibers.
-    if (node.tag === EventComponent) {
-      const eventComponentInstance = node.stateNode;
-      const responder = eventComponentInstance.responder;
-      const targetEventTypes = responder.targetEventTypes;
-      // Validate the target event type exists on the responder
-      if (targetEventTypes !== undefined) {
-        const targetEventTypesSet = getFabricTargetEventTypesSet(
-          targetEventTypes,
-        );
-        if (targetEventTypesSet.has(topLevelType)) {
-          eventResponderInstances.push(eventComponentInstance);
-        }
-      }
-    }
-    node = node.return;
-  }
-  return eventResponderInstances;
-}
-
 // TODO this function is almost an exact copy of the DOM version, we should
 // somehow share the logic
 function shouldSkipEventComponent(
@@ -551,22 +498,47 @@ function checkForLocalPropagationContinuation(
 
 // TODO this function is almost an exact copy of the DOM version, we should
 // somehow share the logic
-function getRootEventResponderInstances(
-  topLevelType: string,
-): Array<ReactNativeEventComponentInstance> {
-  const eventResponderInstances = [];
-  const rootEventInstances = rootEventTypesToEventComponentInstances.get(
-    topLevelType,
-  );
-  if (rootEventInstances !== undefined) {
-    const rootEventComponentInstances = Array.from(rootEventInstances);
-
-    for (let i = 0; i < rootEventComponentInstances.length; i++) {
-      const rootEventComponentInstance = rootEventComponentInstances[i];
-      eventResponderInstances.push(rootEventComponentInstance);
+function handleTargetEventResponderInstance(
+  topLevelType: ReactNativeEventResponderEventType,
+  responderEvent: ReactNativeResponderEvent,
+  eventComponentInstance: ReactNativeEventComponentInstance,
+  hookComponentResponderValidation: null | Set<ReactNativeEventResponder>,
+  propagatedEventResponders: null | Set<ReactNativeEventResponder>,
+): void {
+  const responder = eventComponentInstance.responder;
+  const targetEventTypes = responder.targetEventTypes;
+  // Validate the target event type exists on the responder
+  if (targetEventTypes !== undefined) {
+    const targetEventTypesSet = getFabricTargetEventTypesSet(targetEventTypes);
+    if (targetEventTypesSet.has(topLevelType)) {
+      if (hookComponentResponderValidation !== null) {
+        hookComponentResponderValidation.add(responder);
+      }
+      const {isHook, props, state} = eventComponentInstance;
+      const eventListener = responder.onEvent;
+      if (eventListener !== undefined) {
+        if (
+          shouldSkipEventComponent(
+            eventComponentInstance,
+            ((responder: any): ReactNativeEventResponder),
+            propagatedEventResponders,
+            isHook,
+          )
+        ) {
+          return;
+        }
+        currentInstance = eventComponentInstance;
+        currentlyInHook = isHook;
+        eventListener(responderEvent, eventResponderContext, props, state);
+        if (!isHook) {
+          checkForLocalPropagationContinuation(
+            responder,
+            ((propagatedEventResponders: any): Set<ReactNativeEventResponder>),
+          );
+        }
+      }
     }
   }
-  return eventResponderInstances;
 }
 
 // TODO this function is almost an exact copy of the DOM version, we should
@@ -580,10 +552,6 @@ function traverseAndHandleEventResponderInstances(
   // - Bubble target phase
   // - Root phase
 
-  const targetEventResponderInstances = getTargetEventResponderInstances(
-    topLevelType,
-    targetFiber,
-  );
   const responderEvent = createFabricResponderEvent(
     topLevelType,
     nativeEvent,
@@ -592,58 +560,70 @@ function traverseAndHandleEventResponderInstances(
       : null,
   );
   const propagatedEventResponders: Set<ReactNativeEventResponder> = new Set();
-  let length = targetEventResponderInstances.length;
-  let i;
+
+  // We use this to know if we should check add hooks. If there are
+  // no event targets, then we don't add the hook forms.
+  const hookComponentResponderValidation = new Set();
 
   // Bubbled event phases have the notion of local propagation.
   // This means that the propgation chain can be stopped part of the the way
-  // through processing event component instances. The major difference to other
-  // events systems is that the stopping of propagation is localized to a single
-  // phase, rather than both phases.
-  if (length > 0) {
-    // Bubble target phase
-    for (i = 0; i < length; i++) {
-      const targetEventResponderInstance = targetEventResponderInstances[i];
-      const {isHook, responder, props, state} = targetEventResponderInstance;
-      const eventListener = ((responder: any): ReactNativeEventResponder)
-        .onEvent;
-      if (eventListener !== undefined) {
-        if (
-          shouldSkipEventComponent(
-            targetEventResponderInstance,
-            ((responder: any): ReactNativeEventResponder),
-            propagatedEventResponders,
-            isHook,
-          )
-        ) {
-          continue;
-        }
-        currentInstance = targetEventResponderInstance;
-        currentlyInHook = isHook;
-        eventListener(responderEvent, eventResponderContext, props, state);
-        if (!isHook) {
-          checkForLocalPropagationContinuation(
-            ((responder: any): ReactNativeEventResponder),
-            propagatedEventResponders,
-          );
+  // through processing event component instances.
+  let node = targetFiber;
+  while (node !== null) {
+    const {dependencies, stateNode, tag} = node;
+    if (tag === HostComponent) {
+      responderEvent.currentTarget = stateNode;
+    } else if (tag === EventComponent) {
+      const eventComponentInstance = stateNode;
+      // Switch to the current fiber tree
+      node = eventComponentInstance.currentFiber;
+      handleTargetEventResponderInstance(
+        topLevelType,
+        responderEvent,
+        eventComponentInstance,
+        hookComponentResponderValidation,
+        propagatedEventResponders,
+      );
+    } else if (tag === FunctionComponent && dependencies !== null) {
+      const events = dependencies.events;
+      if (events !== null) {
+        for (let i = 0; i < events.length; i++) {
+          const eventComponentInstance = events[i];
+          if (
+            hookComponentResponderValidation.has(
+              eventComponentInstance.responder,
+            )
+          ) {
+            handleTargetEventResponderInstance(
+              topLevelType,
+              responderEvent,
+              eventComponentInstance,
+              null,
+              null,
+            );
+          }
         }
       }
     }
+    node = node.return;
   }
+  // Reset currentTarget to be null
+  responderEvent.currentTarget = null;
   // Root phase
-  const rootEventResponderInstances = getRootEventResponderInstances(
+  const rootEventInstances = rootEventTypesToEventComponentInstances.get(
     topLevelType,
   );
-  length = rootEventResponderInstances.length;
-  if (length > 0) {
-    for (i = 0; i < length; i++) {
-      const rootEventResponderInstance = rootEventResponderInstances[i];
-      const {isHook, props, responder, state} = rootEventResponderInstance;
-      const eventListener = responder.onRootEvent;
-      if (eventListener !== undefined) {
+  if (rootEventInstances !== undefined) {
+    const rootEventComponentInstances = Array.from(rootEventInstances);
+
+    for (let i = 0; i < rootEventComponentInstances.length; i++) {
+      const rootEventComponentInstance = rootEventComponentInstances[i];
+      const {isHook, props, responder, state} = rootEventComponentInstance;
+      const onRootEvent = responder.onRootEvent;
+      if (onRootEvent !== undefined) {
         if (
           shouldSkipEventComponent(
-            rootEventResponderInstance,
+            rootEventComponentInstance,
             responder,
             null,
             isHook,
@@ -651,9 +631,9 @@ function traverseAndHandleEventResponderInstances(
         ) {
           continue;
         }
-        currentInstance = rootEventResponderInstance;
+        currentInstance = rootEventComponentInstance;
         currentlyInHook = isHook;
-        eventListener(responderEvent, eventResponderContext, props, state);
+        onRootEvent(responderEvent, eventResponderContext, props, state);
       }
     }
   }
diff --git a/packages/react-native-renderer/src/ReactNativeTypes.js b/packages/react-native-renderer/src/ReactNativeTypes.js
index 999fe94ced..923915f11f 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-renderer/src/ReactNativeTypes.js
+++ b/packages/react-native-renderer/src/ReactNativeTypes.js
@@ -199,6 +199,7 @@ export type ReactFaricEvent = {
 };
 
 export type ReactNativeResponderEvent = {
+  currentTarget: null | ReactNativeEventTarget,
   nativeEvent: ReactFaricEvent,
   target: null | ReactNativeEventTarget,
   type: ReactNativeEventResponderEventType,
@@ -229,9 +230,6 @@ export type ReactNativeResponderContext = {
   removeRootEventTypes: (
     rootEventTypes: Array<ReactNativeEventResponderEventType>,
   ) => void,
-  getEventCurrentTarget(
-    event: ReactNativeResponderEvent,
-  ): ReactNativeEventTarget,
   setTimeout: (func: () => void, timeout: number) => number,
   clearTimeout: (timerId: number) => void,
   getTimeStamp: () => number,
diff --git a/packages/shared/ReactDOMTypes.js b/packages/shared/ReactDOMTypes.js
index 5f14ecf2b0..e13331ca2c 100644
--- a/packages/shared/ReactDOMTypes.js
+++ b/packages/shared/ReactDOMTypes.js
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ export type PointerType =
   | 'trackpad';
 
 export type ReactDOMResponderEvent = {
+  currentTarget: null | Element | Document,
   nativeEvent: AnyNativeEvent,
   passive: boolean,
   passiveSupported: boolean,
@@ -75,7 +76,6 @@ export type ReactDOMResponderContext = {
   getFocusableElementsInScope(): Array<HTMLElement>,
   getActiveDocument(): Document,
   objectAssign: Function,
-  getEventCurrentTarget(event: ReactDOMResponderEvent): Element,
   getTimeStamp: () => number,
   isTargetWithinHostComponent: (
     target: Element | Document,