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The Academy Had Zoom Call With Will Smith Before Board Meeting

The Academy Had Zoom Call With Will Smith Before Board Meeting

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Friday, April 1, 2022 6:44 AM GMT

The Academy also apologised to Chris Rock

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences spoke with actor Will Smith on Zoom before an emergency board meeting over his assault on comedian Chris Rock at the Oscars. Variety reports that Will Smith, who won Best Actor shortly after the altercation, apologized to the Academy on the Zoom call. The Academy met to decide disciplinary action against the King Richard star who slapped and swore at Oscar presenter Chris Rock for a joke he made at the expense of Will Smith's wife Jada Pinkett.

A source told Variety that the Zoom call lasted 30 minutes; another source described it as "brief." Variety also reports that Will Smith apologised again to the Academy President David Rubin and CEO Dawn Hudson - he did so in his emotional Oscar speech as well and also in the Instagram post in which he apologised to Chris Rock by name.

It all started when Chris Rock appeared on the stage to present the award for Best Documentary Feature, where he made a joke about Will Smith's wife and actor Jada Pinkett Smith being in "G.I. Jane" because of her shaved head, which triggered the The Pursuit Of Happyness actor, who hit Chris Rock and returned to his seat and yelled, "Keep my wife's name out of your f*****g mouth." Later, while receiving the Best Actor trophy, Will Smith apologised to the Academy and fellow nominees.

Will Smith, however, apologised to Chris Rock in an Instagram post later, where he said that he is "embarrassed" about what he did and an excerpt from his post read, "I would like to publicly apologize to you, Chris. I was out of line and I was wrong. I am embarrassed and my actions were not indicative of the man I want to be. There is no place for violence in a world of love and kindness."

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