Chris Rock’s brother Kenny has criticised the Academy for its lack of action and lambasted Will Smith after he slapped his brother at the Oscars.
Smith walked on stage and struck Rock, who was presenting the award for Best Documentary, after the comedian made a joke about his wife, actor Jada Pinkett Smith.
On Friday (1 April), five days after the incident, Smith made the decision to step down from the Academy. “It eats at me watching it over and over again because you’ve seen a loved one being attacked and there’s nothing you can do about it,” Kenny, an actor and entrepreneur, told The Los Angeles Times on 4 April. “Every time I’m watching the videos, it’s like a rendition that just keeps going over and over in my head.
My brother was no threat to him and you [Smith] just had no respect for him at that moment. You just belittled him in front of millions of people that watch the show. ”Just 15 minutes after the incident occurred, Smith took to the stage again – this time to collect the Oscar for Best Actor for his role in King Richard.
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