Just minutes after shocking the Oscars audience by smacking comedian Chris Rock onstage, Will Smith gave a tearful acceptance speech, winning best actor for his role in 'King Richard,' playing the father to Venus and Serena Williams.
LOS ANGELES -- In his acceptance speech for best actor Sunday night, Will Smith apologized to the academy and his fellow nominees after the buoyant spirit of the 94th Academy Awards was rocked by an unbelievable exchange between him and comedian Chris Rock.Will Smith wins Oscar for actor in a leading role for 'King Richard' centers his speech on protecting family after confrontation with Chris Rock on stage.
During his presentation of best documentary feature nominees, Rock joked to Smith's wife, actress Jada Pinkett Smith, that he was looking forward to a sequel to"G.I. Jane."opened up about her hair loss journey on InstagramSmith stood up from his seat near the stage Sunday night, strode up to Rock and slapped him. After sitting back down, Smith shouted at Rock to"keep my wife's name out of your mouth.
At the commercial break, presenter Daniel Kaluuya came up to to hug Smith, and Denzel Washington escorted him to the side of the stage. The two talked and hugged, and Tyler Perry came over to talk as well., the teary-eyed"King Richard" star shared some of what Washington told him offstage. "He said, 'At your highest moment, be careful because that's when the devil comes for you,'" Smith said."Art imitates life. I look like the crazy father," Smith said."But love will make you do crazy things."LAPD investigative entities are aware of an incident between two individuals during the Academy Awards program. The incident involved one individual slapping another. The individual involved has declined to file a police report.
Up until that moment, the show had been running fairly smoothly. Ariana DeBose became the first Afro-Latina to win an Academy Award for supporting actress, while Troy Kotsur became the first deaf actor to win an acting award since his"CODA" co-star Marlee Matlin in 1987.The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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