Diddy Says Will Smith and Chris Rock Reconciled After Oscar Altercation: ‘They’re Brothers’
thewrap.comSmith smacked Rock on stage for making a joke about Jada Pinkett Smith’s hair. By the time the afterparties rolled around, Diddy told Page Six that the pair had reconciled.“That’s not a problem,” That’s over.
I can confirm that,” the musician said. “It’s all love. They’re brothers.”Following the onstage altercation, Smith won the Best Actor prize for his work in “King Richard.” While he didn’t apologize to Rock directly during his acceptance speech, he did apologize to the Academy and to the night’s other nominees for causing a scene.“I want to apologize to the Academy, I want to apologize to all my fellow nominees.
This is a beautiful moment, and I am not crying for winning an award. It’s not about winning an award for me,” Smith said in part. “Art imitates life.
I look like the crazy father, just like Richard Williams … but love will make you do crazy things.”Witnesses backstage told TheWrap that members of the LAPD were standing nearby when the altercation happened and approached Smith.
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