Here's what went on behind-the-scenes.
recalled the moment it became clear to Oscars producers that the incident was serious."You started to realize this is real once Chris, who certainly knows the limits of broadcast standards, said, 'Will Smith slapped the [expletive] out of me,'" he recalled."That's when it became obvious that this was not a joke."
In the control room, Mills said that the decision was made to keep the show going, noting that they would have stopped to assess the situation if the slap had happened during a pre-taped segment and not the live broadcast."You have to remember you've got a show to do," he told."Obviously, this was something that was unfortunate, but it was not to a degree that you think, 'OK, we need to just stop the entire show.' And the show just kind of went on.
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