Hollywood’s biggest night was darkened last Sunday when Smith took offense at a joke Rock made about the shaved head of his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, who suffers from alopecia, a condition that causes hair loss. After slapping his colleague, Smith returned to his seat and shouted insults at him.
Half an hour after the shocking attack, Smith won an Oscar as best Actor for his role in the film “KingRichard”. This sparked a standing ovation from everyone present, which was subsequently criticized with accusations that Hollywood did not take the assault seriously.
According to the producer Will Packer, the applause was for the actor and his work, not for the incident. “I think the people in the place who stood up, stood up for someone they knew … who has a career spanning more than three decades of being the opposite of what we saw at the time,” he said.
Smith posted an apology on Instagram Monday calling his behavior “unacceptable and inexcusable.” For Rock, whose US comedy tour kicked off in Boston this week, she told her audience that he was “still processing” what had happened.
The Academy is considering punishments for Smith, including possible expulsion. The actor is one of the most bankable Hollywood stars and the fifth black man to win the Oscar for best actor.
Source: Ambito
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