According to sources close to the matter, many Academy members were furious after Will Smith took to the stage at the Oscars to slap Chris Rock.
close to 1 a.m., after the Williams sisters had decamped. To those there, he conducted himself like nothing had happened, dancing to some of his greatest hits from his rap career.
Though Smith returned to his seat post-slapping and carried on as usual, he likely won’t be able to avoid career repercussions, says crisis publicist Howard Bragman. “Will Smith, who had been Tom Hanks steady, had a Kayne moment at the Academy Awards that has raised all sorts of questions about his judgment and his career and will cause him to be dissected like a frog in a high school science project over the next days and weeks,” says Bragman, who has repped such scrutinized celebrities as Sharon Osbourne after she stepped down from CBS’As the reverberations of Slapgate continue throughout the film industry and well beyond, the Academy is weighing its...
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