Will Smith took to the stage at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles on March 27 to pick up the Best Actor Oscar. Invited to the 94th edition of this prestigious ceremony, the actor was rewarded for his role in the film The Williams Method, by Reinaldo Marcus Green. Unfortunately, it is not this sequence that the whole world retains. The image that will never leave the minds of members of the public, and viewers, is that of the huge slap the actor gave Chris Rock after he dared to make an inappropriate joke about Jada Pinkett Smith, his wife.
Obviously, the 53-year-old actor must suffer the consequences of his actions. According to a source ofEntertainmentTonightWill Smith is reportedly undergoing therapy following the incident which took place on Oscar night. He had already offered himself, before, a trip to India, to Bombai, to concentrate on his spirituality, the practice of yoga and that of meditation. He would not have taken the time, however, to personally apologize to Chris Rock. Willow and Jayden Smith’s dad shed a tear during his speech, with his Oscar in hand, and wrote a public apology the next day on social media.
What impact on his career?
He doesn’t appreciate anyone making fun of his wife Jada Pinkett Smith’s alopecia. However, the gesture of Will Smith is not unanimous, especially on the side of the Academy of Oscars. The sentence fell on Friday April 8, 2022, a few hours after the famous slap: it was decided, after deliberation, that the American actor could no longer set foot at the Oscars ceremony for ten years. On the cinema side, Will Smith has a lot to lose. The production company Sony excluded it from the fourth installment of the saga bad boysof which he is one of the heroes since the year 1995. He will not participate, either, in the filming of Fast and Loosefor Netflix, as originally planned.