50 Cent has had his recent battles with Hollywood execs over his Power series on Starz. After learning of Will Smith’s 10-year ban from any Academy Award-related event, including the Oscars themselves, 50 took to social media to air out his grievances on the matter.
“Got Damn they doing Will dirty. This is too harsh so he cant come back till he 63 years old,” he tweeted on Friday (April 8). “And the law suit ain’t even hit yet. SMH”
In a second post on Instagram, 50 alluded to how the NAACP Image Awards should hold far more weight in Smith’s world as they’re a specifically Black award show.
“NAACP awards are all that really matter any way @willsmith,” he wrote. “fvck it.”
The fallout from Smith’s actions on March 27 has led to him voluntarily resigning from the Academy . There have been a wide range of reactions in the wake of Smith assaulting Chris Rock onstage. The Academy of Motion Pictures and Sciences announced on Friday that Smith, the 2022 recipient of the Best Actor award for King Richard, would be barred from attending the Oscars until 2032.
“The organization didn’t have too many other options to impose, especially with Smith’s membership now no longer active following his resignation,” the Academy wrote in a statement. “His resignation and barring from future telecasts does not preclude him from being nominated or even winning future Academy Awards during that time.”
Will Smith Responds To 10-Year Academy Ban
Following the decision from the Academy, Smith promptly accepted and respected their decision. However, several fans and even critics of Smith’s actions on March 27 deemed the punishment too severe and most had begun to move on from it.
“Will Smith got in more trouble than the people who stormed the Capitol,” one Twitter user wrote.
That Twitter comment does not represent us, the black people. That’s the most ignorant ish I’ve ever read. So being locked up after staging a takeover is less offensive than a 10 year ban? Somebody please slap the Jesus out that green eyed last boss from Super Mario Bros 2.
I’m with 50 on this one. Will smacked the shit out that disrespectful punk, rightfully so. Fuck Chris Rock!
My question is if The Rock was presenting and said the joke instead of Chris Rock, would Will have been as bold?
Oh yeah, a meager little joke is oh so disrespectful and deserves to get yourself slapped hard in public at the middle of an event like the Oscars. Clearly you are still mentally a little boy who is at risk of having violent temper tantrums. Might as well stay isolated in your bedroom behind that keyboard since you are that sensitive.
That last tweet is the most ignorant comment I have seen lol. Be dumber.
It must be because of racism.We all know black people can do no wrong.
There are trolls on here defending what Will did as something “admirable” and not something pathetic like we all know it was. These are either Russian trolls or uncle Toms trying to to push the narrative that being a weak minded black man is ok. They trying to convince people that allowing your wife to cheat on you and then defending her at the cost of your career is ok. That slapping another black man live at the Oscars over a light hearted joke about his cheating wife and then crying about it is ok? We see what yall trying to do and it won’t work.
PREACH. It’s literal common sense.
I don`t think he should have a 10 year ban. But i do think he should have been kicked out of the event and lose his oscar.
What do you think would have been fair? A fine?
While the 10 year ban may be arguable, I think he should keep the Oscar. Not just because other scumbags were able to keep theirs despite what they have done, but Will Smith should keep it as a reminder of himself making one of the dumbest and most foolish decisions in his life.
lol Apparently 50 Cent was “just joking”. Somehow I doubt that, but even if it was, it wasn’t a very good one.
I’d love to see him do that to a comedian at the next Source Awards! Hell throw in the Soul Train Awards too.
I think 10yr ban is better than losing the Oscar. The problem is people remember the slap more than him winning. So he tarnished his own night