Will Smith has decided to resign as a member of the Academy Awards after slapping comedian Chris Rock at the Academy Awards ceremony last Sunday, he announced.
“My actions at the 94th Academy Awards were shocking, painful and unforgivable,” Smith wrote in a press release.
“The list of people I hurt is long and among them is Chris, his family, many of my best friends and loved ones, everyone who was in the audience or watching their TV at home,” the 53-year-old actor continued. .
“I am resigning as a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and I will accept any consequences that the Board deems appropriate,” he said.
Chris Rock’s joke about the hair of Jada Pinkett Smith, Will Smith’s husband who was suffering from a disease that caused significant hair loss, and Smith’s reaction became the subject of debate.
Smith suddenly took the stage and slapped Rock in the face at the dumb eyes of celebrities and spectators.
“I betrayed the trust of the Academy. I deprived other candidates and winners of the opportunity to celebrate their outstanding work. “My heart is broken,” he said in his text.
Dozens of minutes after the slap, Smith returned to the Oscars to receive the Best Actor Award for his role in “The Williams Method.”
The Academy Awards launched a disciplinary action against the artist.
The academy board said it would meet on April 18 to decide on Smith’s case and decide on possible sanctions.
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