The penalty for the popular actor came from Friday’s meeting of the academy’s board of governors after Smith slapped moderator Chris Rock during this year’s Oscars. The world’s news agencies reported this. The academy declared Smith’s behavior unacceptable and harmful.
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The actor himself spoke in an apology published the day after the incident about unforgivable and unacceptable behavior and later stated that he would accept any punishment decided by the Oscar organizers. According to the AP agency, its representatives did not immediately respond to the e-mail with a request for comment on today’s announcement.
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Smith attacked Rock comedian physically and verbally because of a joke about the appearance of his wife, Jada Pinkett-Smith, who suffers from alopecia and has a shaved head. When Rock joked that he was looking forward to her role in the sequel to GI Jane, where the main character played by Demi Moore also had a very short cut, Smith got up and went live to hit the presenter. Then the audience shouted at him twice, “Don’t take my wife’s name in your ugly mouth!”
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A few days before today’s meeting of the film academy management, Smith himself resigned from his membership. He said he had betrayed the institution’s trust. On March 27, she awarded him the prize for best actor in the lead role for her portrayal of the father of the tennis sisters Williams.
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