As Will Smith faced possible expulsion from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences for his assault on Chris Rock during the 94th Academy Awards broadcast on Sunday (March 27), the King Richard actor announced on Friday (April 1) that he is voluntarily resigning from the Academy.
As reported by Variety, Smith described his actions in a statement as “shocking, painful and inexcusable” and said he accepts any additional consequences that may come his way as a result of him slapping Chris Rock in the face on Sunday.
“The list of those I have hurt is long and includes Chris, his family, many of my dear friends and loved ones, all those in attendance, and global audiences at home,” Smith said. “I betrayed the trust of the Academy. I deprived other nominees and winners of their opportunity to celebrate and be celebrated for their extraordinary work. I am heartbroken.”
He added, “I want to put the focus back on those who deserve attention for their achievements and allow the Academy to get back to the incredible work it does to support creativity and artistry in film,” he stated, concluding with “change takes time and I am committed to doing the work to ensure that I never again allow violence to overtake reason.”
Smith’s resignation comes after he charged the stage and assaulted comedian Chris Rock for referring to Smith’s wife Jada Pinkett Smith as “G.I. Jane,” likening her shaved head to the Demi Moore character from the 1997 film. Jada had been open about her recent struggle with alopecia, and the joke set off her husband, who followed the slap by demanding Chris rock keep “his wife’s name” out of his “fucking mouth.”
During the first night of his Ego Death World Tour, Chris Rock said he was still processing the assault.
“How was your weekend?” he asked the crowd after walking on stage, as reported by Variety. “I don’t have a bunch of shit about what happened, so if you came to hear that, I have a whole show I wrote before this weekend. I’m still kind of processing what happened. So at some point, I’ll talk about that shit. And it will be serious and funny.”
Revisit the slap below.
Jada really ruined one of the goats smh
Dude need to drop the ‘wife’ no doubt, but he’s definitely not ruined. Willie still a legend
Nope. His career is ruined. He has become the biggest meme in history, which overshadowed him winning best actor. Delusional much? O.J. Is still a legend too.
But he still hasn’t apologised to Chris in person. They have not had any conversation. That’s why I’m not convinced. He needs to take his balls out of jadas bag.
so defending your wife from some lame bully on international TV now makes you gay or pussy whipped? what kind of homo logic is this
No but getting overly mad over a lighthearted joke and embarrassing yourself worldwide over somebody who publicly cheats on you is a good definition of being pussy whipped yes
Fake as hell.
argh it was nothing. chris will forgive will and that’s all that matters.
TUPAC IS STILL ALIVE……………….
August Alsina made him do this while Halle watched.
growing up as a kid watching Fresh Prince everyday, Will Smith was someone i wanted to emulate. now, as an adult, he stands as the example of a man I’d never want to be.
because you’re a proud gay man or at least you would be proud if you weren’t still in mama’s basement
immediately thinking about who is gay. he can at least still live with his mama if he wanted to. you belong in an asylum.
Further proves that what he did was wrong, if it wasn’t clear enough the bunches of delusional, ratchet idiots defending what he did. Do stupid things, and you will win stupid prizes. In this case, Chris just said a little joke that really wasn’t that harmful, no matter what the type of crybabies want to insist. Violence is not always the answer, and it certainly wasn’t here. It doesn’t matter wherever you were raised, you are to behave accordingly in the area that you are in, or face consequences. Plain and simple. Will Smith knew that he screwed up big time, else he would not have resigned.
shut up fool. Will Smith could give a fk about your booty hole opinion. He didn’t think the “joke” was funny and he did something about it as a man. IRL you get hurt. Your pride gets hurt and your face gets marked up in real life. no emoji IRL
what is with you weird manchildren focusing so much on buttholes despite hating all things that is gay? makes me wonder. and oh, so if the joke simply isn’t funny, it’s perfectly fine to slap them. makes sense (NOT). the oscars ain’t the hood, ghetto trash.
you got a booty hole opinion and that’s all there is to it. if chris rockis your hero fuck you. eat sht
As “a man” he sucker pinche Ed someone 50lbs lighter and a half foot smaller, highjacking an awards show making it all about him, ruining his career and crying in front of the entire world. Reminding everyone someone else was busting nuts in his wife and that his kid wears a skirt As a man. I hope your lipstick matches your Jordan’s. That’s about as manly as your idea of what a man is.
id be mad too if my seed came out fruity tooty may your 1stchild be a healthy masculine child
cause we all know it aint gonna happen from you. comments like this are nowhere near manly.
Don’t do it Will, you did nothing wrong. Fuck Chris Rock!
Sure moron. Assaulting someone on TV because you’re a hoe is nothing wrong. That’s why you work at Taco Bell.
a lot of bitch on here quick to defend Chris Rock – he got what he deserved. he’s been their mouthpiece for 35 years acting like he’s some black super hero he is just another bitch white people pay to make black people look stupid on TV and now online. wake up everybody that’s why will smith slapped him – complete disrespect
wrong
Man shut your ho ass up. Dude is a comedian you pussy clot. He has been there roaring people for years. The one idiot who has is a cuck like you are and your dad you never met was, can’t take a PG-13 joke so he assaults someone 50lbs lighter and a half a foot smaller than he is, highjacking the worlds greatest awards show, making it all about him. Eat the biggest bag of diseased dicks. You entitled bitch.
he’s a comedian who got bitch slapped on live TV and could not do a damn thing to stop it. you can use every proud boy word you can find but actions speak the rest just weak
Just genuinely curious what “proud boy words” he used there? He did insult you but I don’t see where there was any reference to proud boys?
genuinely curious to see what would happen if you played tag on the freeway at rush hour – try it and let me know?
Clown answer, couldn’t answer the question because they know they are wrong, so deflects to suicidal ideology. Tell tale signs of someone being cucked to the point of insanity
I done lost all respect for Will over the last few years, after growing up watching all his shit and looking up to him. This fool should have left that bald headed cheating bitch years ago, but he stayed and let her publicly emasculate and humiliate him. I don’t wish on anybody’s downfall but I don’t even feel sorry for this clown no more, grow some nuts and find a new woman, she don’t a fuck about you.
you have to be the weakest and lamest of men to hate on Will Smith for putting Chris Rock in his place. A lesser man was put in his place for the world to see. the joke about the man’s wife didn’t go as planned and it ain’t nothing you or anyone else can do about it now but cry. I never liked Chris Rock I always thought he was a unfunny little punk who i guess got on because he was eddie murphy cousin nephew friend or whatever and nothing has changed in that regard. He ain’t no Woody Allen it’s just not funny let me clear that up
lol every comment you make on here is about how much you dislike Chris Rock, that’s all you is focusing on and not on Will’s pathetic feminine behaviour. Did Chris fuck your lady or something? So ironic talking about someone being weak and lame when you is praising and defending a man for for staying in a relationship where his “wife” openly admits fucking they sons friend and even going as far as slapping someone over a joke when his supposed wife who don’t give a fuck about him. Either you is just obsessed with Chris Rock or else you is in a similar relationship as Will and think it’s ok because Will is doing the same thing. It’s obvious you is a bitch
Chris Rock got slapped up hard. Disrespected on live TV by the gods. He should take it as a sign to humble himself. Look who is quick to defend him online. Losers flashing homo logic using the word “cuck” every two sentences. That’s never a good indicator of online worth. Chris Rock tried to bully Will Smith ended up losing that bet. Don’t let Will get in that booth and show Chris Rock who the gods are.
You keep deflecting from the point that Will is being played by Jada and he shouldn’t defend someone who cheats on him. Your comments are just get more and more bizarre, get help for God sake
“He ain’t no Woody Allen”……oh so you cool with pedophiles but not comedians who caused some cuck to have a meltdown? Ok weirdo
Will smith is owned! His booty is owned by the Hollywood elite. Ever since “six degrees of separation” and Quincy jones keeping it “fresh” these satanic false idols will continue to fall!
Hollywood-will-fall
These bisexual celebrities and pedophiles will fall!
Lol you need to understand that god is your problem. Whatever moral choices Will Smith made should be clear. He has a wife and kids beautiful family. he’s been in many movies that have pro social and pro black themes. but you are on here talking about booty being owned because of some false god you worship. Will Smith does not ask anyone to pray to him but it’s your own choice
This comment section has one very angry pro-cuck commenter. Let’s all say a prayer so that this poor guy can produce some testosterone and function properly as a man
Don’t care about any of this bullshit (rich people problems). But it is interesting that none of these “woke” people are speaking up on Jada’s behalf. Not that I think they should. I just assumed the twitter mob would be in full #Cancel Chris mode by now, considering she is 1. a woman and, 2. black. Kinda disappointed tbh. Was really looking forward to watching them have a massive meltdown over this.
cancel yourself loser breath you’re a waste of space for this
cancel your life and take a dirt nap bitchface
its all these moist dudes on here going through crises smh at these youth baseball coaches and priests what have they done
for all we know there’s another reason why Jada has gone bald and they just don’t want to publicize it as such because it may be a delicate health situation. considering what happened with Chad Boseman it’s just classless for Chris Rock to try to bully Will and Jada onstage at the Oscars with his “I said it” act. He said it and Will got up and slapped him upside the head for what he said. Pretty simple
Nope, she revealed her alopecia diagnosis four years ago in 2018, men aren’t the only ones who get alopecia, it happens to a lot of women. There’s zero evidence to back up anything you said and you shouldn’t even speculate about her having some kind of negative health situation as that’s not good karma. The world knows what’s going on with this couple and Jada’s infidelities, because they publicly told the world about their “situation” in interviews. What Will did was completely unacceptable considering all Chris Rock did was compare her to Demi Moore in GI Jane, an actress who was still stunning with her head shaved. Obviously this outburst is culmination of Will being ridiculed since the couple did that interview where Jada admitted having an extramarital relationship with their sons friend and Will giving his blessing.
yeah very manly that you know all this. bet all your very manly friends at the manly sports bar you bro down at all agree because all they do is talk about will smith woman and issues in his bedroom
I’m a woman you idiot, and unless you live under a rock, damn near every woman and man worldwide knows about this story and the infamous “entanglement” it was even covered on this website. Way to try change the subject talking about “sports bars” and “bros” because your original comment was invalid lol
some kind of tranny? I guess it takes all kinds. Never heard of a woman using the word cuck every sentence. but if you insist who am i to dispute ur truth
What the hell are you talking about? Are you replying to the right comment? I didn’t use that word once. But you obviously have “cuck” and “trannies” on your mind. Some might call that downright weird…..but who am I to judge YOUR sexuality 🙂 Funny how you have to resort to name calling and lies because you lost the argument…….pathetic
Agreed….only a moron would think otherwise
Lol @ all the triggered little girls in these comments. All up in this man’s personnel life like some TMZ bitches. Boo-hoo Jada cucked Will! Who gives a fuck? Chris Rock ran his bitch ass mouth and got smacked. Cry about all you want, words have consequences.
Um. Their lives, decisions, and actions are out there for the people to judge if they want to. That’s one of the cons of being a celebrity? Duh? Not to mention, you’re calling us oh so sensitive little girls, yet here you are crying and getting flustered over people simply talking about them when you could have just not read them? And then here you are defending him and saying that Chris Rock deserved the consequences, so it seems like you care that much about this whole thing too. Hypocrite. Chris Rock only said a little joke. How is that so much of an offense that he had to get slapped at the middle of the Oscars? Why did you think Will Smith cried and resigned? Cause he knows he did something so stupid and embarrassing. Nothing made sense about what you said, fool. Stay in your little cave where you typed that nonsense from, and do not come to reality, cause your narrow-minded, childish mentality can’t handle even a lick of it.
you stupid mf get shot – it’s that simple. keep on talking
You’re retarded, it’s that simple lol
My bad. I don’t know why, but the comments didn’t load right for me. My reply was actually for the guy that claimed that the he’d get shot, but it had your heading above it, and now it’s back to normal. Sorry about that.
Wtf are you talking about? Lmaooooo
Calling someone stupid while also making terroristic threats online, threatening someone with gun violence. Not very smart are you?
you scared go to church. when i make bail you still will have to deal with my attitude toward you.
Nobody is scared of a little internet pussy like you. All you can do is make empty threats online because you can’t handle being wrong. You just keep on embarrassing yourself while we keep on laughing lol
you sound scared talking about the feds. it’s too late though. you got to watch your back forever
upon reflection death is smarter than life. so fuck you
death is….”smarter” than life?? That makes zero sense, learn how to speak some basic English and stop making a fool of yourself.
It’s not being the tough guy. It’s just common sense. If you actually portray that as being as the internet tough guy, then you’re just that much of a weak-willed, dumbass individual.
The Feds are looking for you now lol. That big mouth of yours keeps making you look weak and getting you into trouble
federales can suck my cock if they caping for Chris Rock
Bruh you is the one who’s clearly triggered, nobody else is getting mad but you and we sitting here laughing at your emotional bitch ass repeating the same shit bout you hate Chris Rock so much….pshhh
jump and attack in 22. fuck you over for looking at me twisted. ain’t gone be no emoji. keep your fkn mouth shut unless its bars
Chris Rock has never been popular with black folks. He’s someone they put on TV because he looked like a rapper at a time when dudes would not readily sell out the culture. No one likes this dude. If this is how people have to find out the truth so be it. Chris Rock is hated by many in the black community but his powerful benefactors have assured his societal position until now.
Speak for yourself loser, you don’t speak for black folks you old salty ass hater. Chris Rock is a funny ass mf and still does sold out shows with majority black audiences. “ his powerful benefactors have assured his societal position until now”…..you sound like some deranged tinfoil hat wearer lol. You clearly have some weird personal vendetta against Chris, prolly cus you have a crab mentality and he’s more successful than your broke ass living in a tiny apartment.
sure yeah black folks was lined up in boston to condemn and expose the hated will smith daring to put hands on our beloved chris rock — now that’s a fkn joke. call adam sandler he got the money i got the funny!
……*crickets*
one of the biggest reasons Chappelle’s Show got so big so fast was black people couldn’t believe they actually put a smart funny dude on TV after so many years of sitting through Chris Rock’s bs. Living Color was good for a minute then it vanished. People assumed Chappelle was another Chris Rock dude making bug eyes and talking in funny voices until he opened his mouth and it was actually comedy.
Where was Chris Rock when they railroaded Cosby? He deserved that bitch slap from now until the end of time. If it’s fuck Cosby then it’s fuck Chris Rock. At least Cosby made me laugh.
If even Candice Owens of all people is right on point with how ridiculous his behavior was, he done fucked up BAD. I wouldn’t be surprised if he is only resigning just to try to help save face. I’m glad they didn’t snatch his Oscar, though. Will can keep that. It’ll be a cold reminder for him of the time that he made one of the dumbest decisions in his life over a little joke towards a woman that isn’t even that faithful him. DERP.