On Monday Smith, who was seen dancing with his Oscar at the post-ceremony Vanity Fair party, apologised to Rock in an Instagram post. In it Packer said the LAPD spoke with him and Chris Rock after the incident at the 94th Academy Awards on Sunday and said they were prepared to arrest Smith if Rock pressed charges. Smith reacted after the comedian made a joke about his wife Jada Pinkett Smith’s shaved head.Įarlier on Thursday (March 31) ABC News released an excerpt from an interview with Oscars ceremony producer Will Packer that will air on Good Morning America on Friday. Sources have told Screen the call was brief and Academy CEO Dawn Hudson and president David Rubin told Smith there would be consequences for walking on stage to slap presenter Chris Rock and shouting expletives at him once he had returned to his seat.

Will Smith apologised for slapping and shouting expletives at Chris Rock at the Oscars in a Zoom call to Academy leadership on Tuesday, unbeknownst to other governors when they convened the following day to initiate disciplinary proceedings against the newly anointed Oscar winner.

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