This year there will be no other Will Smith’s slap at the Oscars. Not only because the actor is not invited to the ceremony, but because the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences now will have a “crisis team” at this year’s ceremony.
In an interview with the magazine Timehe Academy CEO Bill Kramerrevealed the existence of this new team to avoid a repeat of an incident like the one that occurred between Smith and Chris Rock.
“We have run many scenarios,” he said. “So we hope we’re prepared for anything that we can’t anticipate right now, but are planning for in the event that it does.”
kramer to Time He said that this year’s biggest night in Hollywood will have experts in crisis communication and plans to quickly prevent various scenarios.
Why will the Oscars have a “crisis team”?
At the 2022 Oscars ceremony, Will Smith slapped Rock, who was presenting at the time, after the comedian made a joke about the actor’s shaved head. “The Prince of rap”.
Following the media uproar over the incident, Smith apologized, but the Academy sanctioned him by banning him from attending the Oscars for the next 10 years.
“Hopefully something doesn’t happen and we never have to use them, but we already have frameworks in place that we can tweak,” Kramer told Time.
The 95th Academy Awards will take place on March 12, hosted by Jimmy Kimmel.
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