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Ten days following the Oscars ceremony in which Will Smith slapped comedian Chris Rock, the Academy of Oscars decided on Friday to ban the actor from any ceremony or event it will organize for ten years .
The Academy of Oscars decided on Friday, April 8, to ban Will Smith from any ceremony or event that it will organize for a period of ten years, as a sanction for the slap that the actor had struck comedian Chris Rock in the middle of the gala evening, at the end of March.
“Will Smith will not be permitted to attend any Academy event or program, in person or virtually,” whether or not it is the Oscars, and effective immediately, the board wrote in a statement. administration of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which met Friday morning. The Academy has accepted the resignation of Will Smithwhich he presented last week, but did not take away the Oscar for best actor received last month for “The Williams Method”.
Will Smith said he accepts this decision
“The 94e The Academy Awards were meant to be a time of celebration for all members of our community who have done an incredible job over the past year,” Academy President David Rubin said in a statement.
“However, those moments were overshadowed by Will Smith’s unacceptable and damaging behavior on stage.”
Will Smith, who won the Best Actor Oscar for his role in ‘The Williams Way’ (“King Richard”), less than an hour following slapping Chris Rock over a bad joke regarding his woman, said she accepted this decision.
With AFP
