The penalty for the famous actor, who signed a big scandal at the 2022 Oscar Awards Ceremony, was determined by the Academy.
An unprecedented event took place at the 2022 Oscar Awards Ceremony, and Will Smith took the stage and attacked Chris Rock, who was making jokes about his wife. Chris Rock, who made a bad and unwarranted joke for Jada Smith, who was uncomfortable with her hair and therefore hit her hair to zero, “I’m looking forward to Jane’s Triumph 2”, although she was shocked by the slap she received on stage, she kept her cool. Embracing the Best Actor award the same night, Will Smith, on the other hand, apologized after the Academy called him again, but it seems that this apology was not accepted. During the intervening period, Academy officials, who had a series of interviews, finally announced the sentence to be given to Will Smith.
Academy’s sentence on Will Smith revealed
According to the news of the Variety site, the Academy has given Will Smith a 10-year sentence. In other words, if there is no forgiveness after Will Smith will not be able to attend the Oscar Award Ceremony until 2032. It is said that this situation may also undermine the actor’s cinema career. This may mean that we will hardly see the actor, especially in the films that play for the award.
“The 94th Academy Awards were celebrated by many who accomplished incredible things in the past year. But all these moments were marred by Mr. Smith’s unacceptable and harmful behavior on stage.” As of April 8, it has been decided that Will Smith will not be invited to an Academy event and program, including the Academy Awards, for a 10-year period. The Academy also thanked Chris Rock for keeping his cool in the face of this extraordinary situation.
On the other hand, Will Smith made a short statement against this decision and stated that he respectfully accepted the decision taken by the Academy.