unless you've been living under a rock
you're probably well aware by now of the
slap heard round the world at the 2022
oscars mere moments after comedian chris
rock made a joke about jada pinkett
smith's shaved head wherein he
insinuated that she would be starring in
g.i jane 2 actor will smith promptly
hopped on the stage and struck rock in
the face afterwards the king richard
starr could be seen shouting at rock
keep my wife's name out of your
mouth alas that was only the very tip of
the iceberg shortly after will's
altercation with rock he was invited
back up on stage to receive an award for
best actor
smith said in his speech i want to
apologize to the academy i want to
apologize to all my fellow nominees art
imitates life i look like the crazy
father just like they said about richard
williams
thank you i hope the academy invites me
back
so could it be that will has been
permanently 86 from the academy awards
ceremony and is it possible that his
career might be ruined by the incident
forever only time will tell whether or
not will smith's shocking slap will
prove to be a career ruiner but it
appears there are a lot of people who
think it should be
shortly after the awards show wrapped
the academy of motion pictures arts and
sciences took to their official
instagram account to release a statement
regarding smith's behavior the academy
does not condone violence of any form
tonight we are delighted to celebrate
our 94th academy awards winners who
deserve this moment of recognition from
their peers and movie lovers around the
world still many users didn't believe
the statement was enough one user wrote
you watched and broadcast a live assault
to millions of people around the world
then awarded a man who committed said
assault immediately afterward without
removing him from the building or having
him arrested for the crime that's the
definition of condoning the violence
meanwhile another wrote you gave an
assault perpetrator five uninterrupted
minutes on a global platform to excuse
his behavior you don't just condone
violence you endorse and amplify it
following the incident many couldn't
help but wonder if will smith would be
forced to give his oscar back one source
dish to the new york post it's basically
assault everyone was just so shocked in
the room it was so uncomfortable i think
will would not want to give his oscar
back but who knows what will happen now
others however are adamant that smith
should definitely be stripped of the
award one twitter user tweeted i hope to
god the academy makes him give back that
oscar because he sure as hell doesn't
deserve it he should be ashamed of his
actions tonight miles smith don't you
have enough
damn you will smith
meanwhile another wrote will smith needs
to give back that oscar if that was
kanye what would have happened give it
back violence is not the answer when he
laughed at the joke
still another argued that smith should
be able to keep the award what will
smith did yesterday was stupid and
reckless however i don't believe he
needs to give back his well-deserved
oscar if harvey weinstein a convicted
rapist and sex offender hasn't given
back his then willard should put his
proudly on a mantle
it should be noted however that while
will smith may deal with some negative
consequences professionally speaking he
is not currently facing any criminal
charges the los angeles police
department said in a statement to cnn
lapd investigative entities are aware of
an incident between two individuals
during the academy awards program the
incident involved one individual
slapping another
the individual involved has declined to
file a police report if the involved
party desires a police report at a later
date lapd will be available to complete
an investigative report in short chris
rock is not going to press charges a
move that left many scratching their
heads
one user tweeted chris rock has been
contacted by the lapd and is declining
to press charges
no i'm not kidding still another user
commended the comedian for not involving
the law writing notice that chris rock
didn't try to hit back he didn't even
press charges because he's real man not
a baby rock is a class act and a
professional and if you're defending or
excusing smith's actions then you are
neither of those
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