Earlier than Will Smith, a listing of people that’ve been banned from the Oscars or expelled by the Academy

Smith had taken offence to a joke Rock made about his spouse, Jada Pinkett Smith. He’d walked as much as the stage, and in a stunning second, hit the comic throughout the face. Lower than an hour later, he received the Oscar for Greatest Actor, and in his speech, apologised to his fellow nominees and the Academy. A day later, he issued a public apology to Rock, and a while after that, introduced his resignation from the Academy.

“The 94th Oscars had been meant to be a celebration of the various people in our group who did unimaginable work this previous yr. Nonetheless, these moments had been overshadowed by the unacceptable and dangerous conduct we noticed Mr. Smith exhibit on stage,” the Academy stated in an announcement, asserting Smith’s ban. The actor stated that he accepts the choice, which implies that he will be unable to attend subsequent yr’s ceremony as a presenter, as is custom on the Oscars.

The choice to expel a member isn’t unparalleled, though it’s uncommon. It might have been much more unlikely for the Academy to revoke Smith’s Oscar. Earlier than Smith, solely a handful of people have been expelled by the Academy. Right here’s a listing:

Actor Carmine Caridi (The Godfather Half II) was the primary particular person to be booted out of the Academy, after it was discovered that he had pirated screeners for dissemination on the web. This occurred in 2004.

Producer Harvey Weinstein’s Oscar wasn’t revoked after a number of allegations of sexual assault and harassment had been made in opposition to him in 2017, however he was expelled from the Academy, which referred to as his actions ‘repugnant, abhorrent, and antithetical to the excessive requirements of the academy and the artistic group it represents.’

Comic and actor Invoice Cosby was expelled a month after he was convicted of sexual assault in 2018.

Director Roman Polanski was expelled concurrently Cosby. Each choices had been made in response to rising public scrutiny on sexual misconduct within the trade. The allegations in opposition to Polanski had been public information for many years, and he even received an Oscar regardless of that.

The latest expulsion from the Academy got here in 2021, when cinematographer Adam Kimmel was eliminated after it was discovered that he had a historical past of sexual offences in opposition to minors.