The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences condemned the actions of Will Smith during Sunday night's Oscars and will launch a formal review.
In a bizarre moment at the Oscars, Will Smith slapped Chris Rock in the face after he directed a G.I. Jane joke at Smith's wife and actress Jada Pinkett Smith.
, Smith apologized to the Academy and his fellow nominees for the incident but did not mention Rock by name.issuing a public apology to Rock for the first time"I would like to publicly apologize to you, Chris," Smith wrote."I was out of line and I was wrong. I am embarrassed and my actions were not indicative of the man I want to be. There is no place for violence in a world of love and kindness.
After the show Sunday night, the academy posted a statement condemning violence. Some academy members, like writer-producer Marshall Herskovitz, called for the academy to take disciplinary action against Smith.Jada Pinkett Smith arrives at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party on Sunday, March 27, 2022, at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills, Calif.
"They don't want that precedent to be set, and they want to make sure it's not coming back on the Academy as being part of the problem," he said.