Will Smith will get 10-year Oscars ban over Chris Rock slap

The movement image academy on Friday, April 8, 2022, banned Will Smith from attending the Oscars or another academy occasion for 10 years following his slap of Chris Rock on the Academy Awards.

The transfer comes after a gathering of the academy’s Board of Governors to debate a response to Smith’s actions.

“The 94th Oscars have been meant to be a celebration of the various people in our group who did unbelievable work this previous 12 months; nonetheless, these moments have been overshadowed by the unacceptable and dangerous habits we noticed Mr. Smith exhibit on stage,” the academy mentioned in a press release.

Smith pre-emptively resigned from the academy final week throughout the run-up to the assembly and mentioned he would settle for any punishment the academy handed down.

“I settle for and respect the Academy’s resolution,” Smith mentioned in a press release.

The academy additionally apologized for its dealing with of the scenario and permitting Smith to remain and settle for his greatest actor award for “King Richard.”

“Throughout our telecast, we didn’t adequately handle the scenario within the room. For this, we’re sorry,” the academy mentioned. “This was a chance for us to set an instance for our company, viewers and our Academy household all over the world, and we fell brief — unprepared for the unprecedented. ”

In a press release within the days following the Oscars, the academy mentioned Smith was requested to go away the ceremony however refused.

However it’s not clear how the message was delivered to Smith or what type it took, and a number of other media retailers reported that he was by no means formally informed to go away the Dolby Theatre. The Los Angeles Occasions reported in a narrative Thursday that Oscars producer Will Packer informed Smith: “Formally, we don’t need you to go away. We would like you to remain.”

The ban means Smith is not going to be presenting one of many main awards at subsequent 12 months’s Oscars, as is custom for one of the best actor winner.

The academy in its Friday assertion additionally expressed “deep gratitude to Mr. Rock for sustaining his composure below extraordinary circumstances.”

The academy’s assertion didn’t handle whether or not Smith may very well be nominated for Oscars throughout his 10-year ban. Nor did it take any motion to revoke Smith’s Academy Award.

The academy has not revoked Oscars from expelled members Harvey Weinstein or Roman Polanski.