The Academy of Oscars decided on Friday to ban Will Smith from any ceremony or event it will organize for a period of ten years, as punishment for the slap that the actor had struck comedian Chris Rock in full gala evening at the end of March.
“Mr. Smith will not be permitted to attend any Academy event or program, either in person or virtually.”, whether or not it is the Oscars, and with immediate effect, wrote in a press release the board of directors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which met on Friday morning. The Academy accepted Will Smith’s resignation, which he tendered last week, but did not strip him of the Best Actor Oscar he received last month for “The Williams Method”.
Will Smith had already apologized for this gesture ” unacceptable and inexcusable And had stated that he would abide by the Academy’s decision.
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