Will Smith has apologized for slapping comedian Chris Rock at Sunday’s Oscars.
Smith acknowledged his behavior during the Academy Awards as “wrong and unforgivable” in an Instagram post.
Smith also apologized to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the award show’s hosts, as well as the guests, the live television viewers, and the cast and crew of “King Richard,” including the Williams family.
Smith slapped Rock for making a joke about Smith’s wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, who has been suffering alopecia, an autoimmune disease that causes hair loss.
After hitting Rock on the stage, Smith yelled at the comedian to “keep my wife’s name out of your f***ing mouth.”
According to Smith in the apology post, he is a work in progress, adding that “there is no place for violence in a world of love and kindness.”
Smith’s apology post read “I would like to publicly apologize to you, Chris. I was out of line and I was wrong. I am embarrassed and my actions were not indicative of the man I want to be. There is no place for violence in a world of love and kindness.
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“Jokes at my expense are a part of the job, but a joke about Jada’s medical condition was too much for me to bear and I reacted emotionally.”
Meanwhile, actions of Smith have been condemned by the Academy, stressing that the incident would be reviewed officially and that it will as well explore further action and consequences.
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