The Hollywood Academy has finally handed down its punishment against Will Smith for his controversial slap to Chris Rock during the last Oscar gala: the actor will have attendance prohibited to any ceremony organized by that organization, including, of course, the Oscars themselves for 10 years.
The decision is motivated for what they consider to be “unacceptable and harmful behavior” and point out that “Let’s also hope that this begins a period of healing and restoration for all involved and those who have been impacted by it.“.
Smith accepts the punishment
The protagonist of ‘The Williams method’ has accepted the decision of the Academy, launching a brief statement that says the following: “I accept and respect the decision of the Academy‘. Let us remember that Smith had already resigned as a member of the Academy several days ago, and even then he stressed that he would accept any additional disciplinary measures taken against him.
In this way, any doubt about the possible withdrawal of the Oscar, which he won just minutes after this unfortunate incident, is settled, but The question remains as to whether it will help Smith’s image to recover after what happened. That is what is really damaged and it will be necessary to see what are the next steps that the star of ‘Hancock’ takes to try to remedy it.