Will Smith Publicly Apologizes to Chris Rock Following Slap at 2022 Oscars

Jay Leno is sharing his thoughts about Will Smith slapping Chris Rock in the midst of the 2022 Oscars.

Gayle King is weighing in on the most recent development in the ongoing aftermath of Will Smith hitting Chris Rock in the face during this year's Oscars.The veteran TV news journalist sparkled in a gorgeous, custom, pink Marc Bouwer gown on the red carpet at the 2022 CMT Music Awards on Monday in Nashville, and she spoke with ET's Rachel Smith about the latest turn in the Hollywood scandal — namely, Smith being banned from attending Academy events for the next 10 years.«I think the whole thing is so unfortunate,» King shared, adding, «I think there have to be consequences to your actions.»«I have no idea what's right, what's wrong, I don't. But the whole thing makes me so sad, because I like them both,» she added.According to King, she's «really pulling» for Chris Rock following the high-profile incident, sharing, «I just want him to be fine.»«And it seems Will is very regretful and very remorseful, and that's an important first step,» King shared.The decision to ban Smith from future Academy events was announced on Friday.In a letter addressed to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences family, and obtained by ET, Academy president David Rubin and CEO Dawn Hudson said the Board of Governors in a Friday meeting concluded that «for a period of 10 years from April 8, 2022, Mr.

Sharing their thoughts. Will Smith slapping Chris Rock at the 2022 Oscars ignited a conversation — including from the Philadelphia native’s The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air costars.

Will Packer is opening up about Will Smith's altercation with Chris Rock at the awards show last Sunday in a new interview with set to air Friday. aired a clip from the interview during their broadcast Thursday night, and Packer explained that LAPD officers were at the Dolby Theatre, and were willing to take Smith into custody after he struck Rock in the face during the ceremony.«They were saying, ‘This is battery.’ That was the word they used in that moment,» Packer recalled. «They said, ‘We will go get him.

A new video angle from Sunday night's Oscars ceremony shows Jada Pinkett Smith laughing at Chris Rock's comment immediately after Will Smith slapped him. Smith stormed the Oscars stage and slapped Rock after he made a joke about Pinkett Smith's bald head while presenting an award. "Will Smith just smacked the s--- out of me," Rock said as Smith walked off the stage.

Tom Segura delivered a fiery take on the viral Oscars moment that saw Will Smith slap comedian Chris Rock after the funnyman delivered a joke about Smith’s wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, that offended the "King Richard" star. Celebrities and ordinary people alike are all weighing in on the infamous television moment seen and heard by millions worldwide. According to Segura, Smith acted like a person who is far removed from the reality of consequences for ill action.

It was only a matter of time before Steve Harvey weighed in on the slap heard ’round the world during Sunday night’s Oscars.

In footage obtained by TMZ, a video from last year shows Oscar winner Will Smith demonstrating the art of a faux slap to a group of kids.The youngster, reportedly named Chris — an unfortunate coincidence — asked Smith how he fakes fights in his famous films.Naturally, the seeming slapaholic showed him.While Smith didn’t actually slap this Chris, it was eerily foreboding of the series of unfortunate events that were the 94th Academy Awards.At the 2022 Oscars Sunday evening, Smith slapped comedian Chris Rock across the face after he made an off-color joke about Jada Pinkett Smith’s alopecia.“Get my wife’s name out of your f–king mouth!” Smith shouted — twice — from his front-row seat at a baffled Rock post-brawl. Will has since apologized for his actions, including to Rock, and on Tuesday morning Jada finally responded to the controversy by posting about this being “a season for healing and I’m here for it” on her Instagram account.The shocking slap — televised to homes around the world — was a hit on Twitter, where internet jokesters crafted a mint of memes about the smackdown.Late-night host Jimmy Kimmel even referred to the altercation as “the old ‘Hitch’ slap,” referring to Smith’s knee-slapping comedy from 2005.Kimmel, who originally thought the smack was staged, said he quickly realized it wasn’t fake at all.“In one stunning moment – the night went from ‘Oscars – So What?’  to ‘Oscars So WHAAAAAAT?!'” he joked on his show “Jimmy Kimmel Live!”Other late-night comics also chimed in, including “The Tonight Show” host Jimmy Fallon, who said it was “nice for all of us to come together and say ‘holy crap’ at the same time.”“Get ready for next year’s 95th Academy Award Oscar Slaptacular Death Match.

LIVE – Updated at 00:50This 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.

Will Smith has issued a public apology to Chris Rock after slapping the comedian at the Oscars. Will Smith, right, hits presenter Chris Rock on stage while presenting the award for best documentary feature at the Oscars (Chris Pizzello/AP)The 53-year-old, posting on Instagram, called his behaviour at the Academy Awards "unacceptable and inexcusable" and said he was embarrassed by his actions.

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.

Late night show hosts have weighed in on the stunning moment when Will Smith smacked comedian and Oscar presenter Chris Rock across the face on national television over a joke about Smith’s wife Jada Pinkett Smith.

Will Smith has issued an apology for what has now become known as “the slap heard around the world.” After storming on stage and slapping Chris Rock at the Oscars, the King Richard actor has called his actions “inexcusable.” He wrote out a public apology to Chris and uploaded the text as a picture on Instagram. “Violence in all of its forms is poisonous and destructive,” he started off his lengthy post.

After the “slap heard ‘round the world,” can we ever expect Will Smith and Chris Rock to get along? “That’s not a problem,” Sean “Diddy’ Combs told Page Six while attending the Vanity Fair Oscars after-party, following the incident where Will, 53, slapped Chris, 57, for making a joke about Jada Pinkett-Smith. Diddy, 52, said that the feud between the two is “over. I can confirm that.” The rapper and man formerly known as “Love” wouldn’t go into further details, but he said that “It’s all love. They’re brothers.”