Will Smith has resigned from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, days after he released an apology for slapping Chris Rock during the Oscars.
made headlines in 2009 when he stormed the stage at the MTV Video Music Awards and interrupted Taylor Swift's acceptance speech for best female video award to argue that Beyonce's"Single Ladies " was more deserving.
"I'm sooooo sorry to Taylor Swift and her fans and her mom," he wrote."I spoke to her mother right after and she said the same thing my mother would've said.
Brown was arrested Feb. 8, hours after he fought with his then-girlfriend in a rented sports car after a pre-Grammy party. According to a police affidavit, Brown tried to push the then-21-year-old Barbados-born singer from the car and repeatedly hit her and choked her., where he and Rihanna were slated to perform. He was later charged with assault likely to cause great bodily harm and making criminal threats. He pleaded guilty to the felony assault charge.
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