GBBO host and comedian Matt Lucas joins debate over Chris Rock's alopecia joke

Gilbert Gottfried showed support for Chris Rock in his final days. Gottfried, one of the most recognizable voices in show business, died after a long illness on Tuesday. He was 67.

The Mirror reports. Smith had won the Best Actor prize for his leading role in King Richard, taking to the stage to accept it not long after he had slapped Rock, who had joked that he couldn't wait to see Smith's wife Jada Pinkett Smith in GI Jane 2, referencing how Demi Moore famously shaved her head for the role. Jada had previously spoken of developing alopecia and deciding to shave her hair off after it started to fall out.

LOS ANGELES -- The motion picture academy on Friday banned Will Smith from attending the Oscars or any other academy event for 10 years following his slap of Chris Rock at the Academy Awards.The move comes after a meeting of the academy's Board of Governors to discuss a response to Smith's actions. It is unclear whether the ban would apply to future nominations.“The 94th Oscars were meant to be a celebration of the many individuals in our community who did incredible work this past year; however, those moments were overshadowed by the unacceptable and harmful behavior we saw Mr.

The consequences have finally dropped!

Will Smith could find out his Oscars fate within hours.

Billy Crystal called Will Smith slapping Chris Rock at the 94th Academy Awards "an assault." The nine-time Oscars host spoke about the "disturbing incident" during an appearance on "Back on the Record" with Bob Costas on HBO Max. Smith slapped Rock in the face on stage after the comedian made a joke about Jada Pinkett Smith's bald head. "It was a most disturbing incident, for sure," Crystal told Costas.

slapped Chris Rock during the Oscars last weekend.In a resignation statement, Smith said he would accept any consequences imposed by the Academy’s Board of Governors for his actions.“The list of those I have hurt is long and includes Chris, his family, many of my dear friends and loved ones, all those in attendance, and global audiences at home,” Smith said in the statement, obtained by Variety. “I betrayed the trust of the Academy.

Oscars producer Will Packer has claimed the Los Angeles Police Department were “prepared” to arrest Will Smith for hitting Chris Rock at last week’s ceremony, but said that Rock prevented them from doing so.Before winning the Best Actor award for his role in King Richard, Smith took to the stage to slap Rock over a joke the latter made about his wife Jada Pinkett Smith’s shaved head. In 2018, Pinkett Smith revealed she has alopecia.Upon returning to his seat, Smith shouted to a stunned Rock: “Keep my wife’s name out of your fucking mouth!”It was reported shortly after the incident took place that Rock would not be pressing charges against Smith.During an appearance on ABC’s Good Morning America, Oscars producer Packer spoke out for the first time about the altercation, revealing that the LAPD had visited his office to speak to Rock on the night.“They were saying, you know, this is battery was the word they used in that moment,” Packer told GMA. “They said, ‘We will go get him.

While plenty of people are rallying behind Chris Rock in the wake of The Slap, others are trying to keep the focus on the fact he crossed the line by making an insensitive joke about Jada Pinkett Smith’s alopecia condition.

An Academy Award's insider has revealed that Chris Rock made a joke backstage after he was slapped on stage by Will Smith. He was hit by the actor after making a joke about Jada Pinkett-Smith's hair loss during the Oscars.

“The View” once again kicked things off on Wednesday by talking about Sunday night’s Oscars, and the fallout since Will Smith slapped Chris Rock on stage. But this time, Whoopi Goldberg wanted to make her feelings on something clear: no one should be surprised by how Chris Rock kept his cool.Throughout the week, the panel of women have been among the voices praising Rock for not escalating the situation and for maintaining his professionalism.

LIVE – Updated at 13:21This year’s Oscars featured shocks, sighs and surprises – but all anyone will care about is a slap. The Academy Awards took place on Sunday night, with films including The Power of the Dog, West Side Story, Licorice Pizza and Coda battling it out in the big categories. The biggest story of the night had almost nothing to do with the awards: a shocking altercation between Will Smith and Chris Rock sparked by a joke about Smith’s wife Jada.

Oscars joke about Jada Pinkett Smith was not originally planned in his script, ABC Unscripted chief Rob Mills has confirmed.Mills, who was in the Oscars production trailer with director Glenn Weiss at the moment Will Smith slapped Rock over the joke, broke down the situation to Variety yesterday (March 28).“Chris Rock came on and he was doing, I think, material based on what happened that night as any comedian will do,” Mills said.“He made the [‘G.I. Jane’] joke.

Will Smith has apologised to Chris Rock after slapping him in the face during the Academy Awards.MORE: Celebrities react to Will Smith's shocking Chris Rock altercationThe actor, who minutes after the altercation ended up winning his first Oscar for Best Actor, released a lengthy statement via his Instagram.WATCH: Serena Williams reacts to Will Smith and Chris Rock on stage Oscars altercation"Violence in all of its forms is poisonous and destructive," he began his statement. "My behavior at last night's Academy Awards was unacceptable and inexcusable.

READ MORE: Prince Philip's memorial to be aired on BBC - how to watch and who will attend Matt has suffered from alopecia since childhood having lost all of his hair at the age of six. The Bake Off host weighed in on the debate as fans rushed to condemn Chris. Matt said: "I have alopecia AND I'm a comedian who sometimes gets it wrong.

LIVE – Updated at 13:26This year’s Oscars featured shocks, sighs and surprises – but all anyone will care about is a slap. The Academy Awards took place on Sunday night (27 March), with films including The Power of the Dog, West Side Story, Licorice Pizza and Coda battling it out in the big categories. The biggest story of the night had almost nothing to do with the awards: a shocking altercation between Will Smith and Chris Rock sparked by a joke about Smith’s wife Jada.