The Academy of Oscars decided on Friday to ban Will Smith from participating in any ceremony or event it organizes for a period of ten years, as punishment for the slap the actor had dealt comedian Chris Rock in the middle of the gala evening at the end of March.
“Mr. Smith will not be permitted to attend any Academy event or program, in person or virtually,” whether or not it’s the Oscars, and effective immediately, the board wrote in a statement. directors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which met on Friday morning.
The Academy accepted Will Smith’s resignation, which he tendered last week, but did not strip him of the Best Actor Oscar he received last month for The Williams Method.
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