During the awards ceremony of the 94th edition of the Oscars, Chris Rock improvised a joke about the alopecia of Jada Pinkett-Smith, the wife of Will Smith. This caused the actor Suicide Squad burst onto the stage and slapped Chris Rock. Smith returned to his seat and yelled, “Don’t talk about my wife!” That same night, he was awarded the Best Actor Award for his portrayal of Richard Williams in the sports drama titled the williams method
The Academy’s response to what happened at the gala
During his intervention at the Oscars nominees’ luncheon, as they collect from DeadlineJanet Yang called it “insufficient” the response to the slap of Will Smith by the Academy of Cine the Hollywood. In her opening speech at the annual event, the Academy president called what happened on stage last year “aggression.” An aggression that she described as “unacceptable”.
“I am sure that everyone will remember that we experienced an unprecedented event at the Oscars last year,” the president of the Academy began by saying about what happened with Will Smith. “What happened on stage was totally unacceptable. And our organization’s response was inadequate. We learned from this that the Academy must be fully transparent and accountable in our actions, and particularly in times of crisis must act with speed, compassion and decisiveness for ourselves and our industry. They should not and cannot expect less from us in the future.”
