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Will Smith Banned From The Oscars For 10 Years After Chris Rock Slap

<p>After all the back and forth about what would happen to Will Smith after he slapped Chris Rock while on stage at this year&&num;8217&semi;s Academy Awards&comma; the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts &amp&semi; Sciences met Friday to discuss the consequences&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In the end&comma; they have voted to ban Will from all Academy events&comma; including the Oscars&comma; for the next 10 years&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>According to <em><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;variety&period;com&sol;2022&sol;awards&sol;news&sol;oscars-will-smith-consequences-chris-rock-1235228010&sol;">Variety<&sol;a><&sol;em>&comma; in their announcement&comma; the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts &amp&semi; Sciences said&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;The 94th Oscars were meant to be a celebration of the many individuals in our community who did incredible work this past year&semi; however&comma; those moments were overshadowed by the unacceptable and harmful behavior we saw Mr&period; Smith exhibit on stage&period; During our telecast&comma; we did not adequately address the situation in the room&period; For this&comma; we are sorry&period; This was an opportunity for us to set an example for our guests&comma; viewers&comma; and our Academy family around the world&comma; and we fell short — unprepared for the unprecedented&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>They acknowledged that they accepted Will&&num;8217&semi;s <em><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;will-smith-resigns-from-the-academy-following-incident-with-chris-rock&sol;">resignation<&sol;a><&sol;em> from the Academy and added&comma; &&num;8220&semi;The Board has decided&comma; for a period of 10 years from April 8&comma; 2022&comma; Mr&period; Smith shall not be permitted to attend any Academy events or programs&comma; in person or virtually&comma; including but not limited to the Academy Awards&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>When it comes to Chris Rock&comma; the Academy said&comma; &&num;8220&semi;We want to express our deep gratitude to Mr&period; Rock for maintaining his composure under extraordinary circumstances&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Variety notes that although Will Smith has resigned&comma; and is banned from attending any of the Academy&&num;8217&semi;s telecasts over the next 10 years&comma; that does not prohibit him from being nominated or winning any awards&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>As many of you know&comma; Will Smith walked on stage during the 94th Annual Academy Awards&comma; and slapped Chris Rock during the live telecast in defense of his wife Jada Pinkett-Smith&comma; after Chris made a joke about Jada&&num;8217&semi;s shaved head&period; After the shocking moment&comma; Will won his first Oscar for his role in the film &&num;8220&semi;King Richard&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Roommates&comma; what are your thoughts&quest;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Want updates directly in your text inbox&quest; 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