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Denzel Washington has spoken out for the first time about Will Smith’s slap during the Oscars.

Denzel Washington was one of the first people to talk with Will Smith after his Oscars slap and before his Best Actor award.

Will Smith is reportedly working on an apology to Oscars bosses after he slapped Chris Rock during last week’s ceremony.The 53 year old actor reacted to a joke made by the comedian about his wife Jada Pinkett-Smith’s shaved head.The star climbed on stage to hit the comedian after seeing that his wife, who has alopecia, was upset by the joke and then yelled out: “'Keep my wife's name out your f***ing mouth”.The Academy Awards recently revealed they would be launching a formal review around the incident after releasing a statement following the incident. Now, a source claims that Will is planning to formally apologise to award bosses, as they decide if any action will be taken against the star.

Denzel Washington is breaking his silence about Will Smith slapping Chris Rock onstage during last weekend’s Oscars.

Mel Gibson abruptly ended an interview with Fox News after he was asked a question about Will Smith‘s slap at the Oscars.

Liam Payne was interviewed by “Good Morning Britain” after the Oscars, where the One Direction alum shared his thoughts on watching Will Smith’s open-handed slap across the face of Chris Rock during the ceremony.

Denzel Washington is weighing in on what happened at the 2022 Oscars.

WILL Smith has quit the Academy following the backlash about his shocking slap to Chris Rock. The newly-crowned Best Actor winner resigned from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences as he faced possible expulsion or suspension for his violent outburst last Sunday.

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assault of Chris Rock onstage at the ceremony.Smith shocked everyone when he stepped onstage and slapped presenter Chris Rock after the comedian made a joke at the expense of Smith’s wife, Jada Pinkett-Smith. During the commercial break after the slap, Washington and Tyler Perry were seen talking with Smith and seemingly encouraging the actor ahead of his first Oscar win for Best Actor.Washington appeared with pastor and author T.D. Jakes at the author’s Leadership Summit on Saturday for a conversation about his career and faith, and he addressed what happened at the Oscars.

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Will Smith has resigned from the Oscars Academy after slapping Chris Rock during Sunday's ceremony. The actor, 53, who won an award for Best Actor for his role in King Richard, took to the stage and struck Rock for a G. I.

Men in Black star said the “list of those I have hurt is long” as he apologised to Rock and his family, Smith’s own family and friends as well as those at the Oscar ceremony last week and the global television audience. He said: “I betrayed the trust of the Academy. I deprived other nominees and winners of their opportunity to celebrate and be celebrated for their extraordinary work.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorConsider this a PSA: The owner of the verified Twitter @willsmith account is not the disgraced actor Will Smith who just resigned from the Academy after slapping Chris Rock at the 94th Academy Awards.The actor Will Smith does not have an official Twitter account.After the actor announced Friday he was relinquishing his membership in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, Will Smith — a podcaster, gamer and PR guy for indie game studio Stray Bombay who lives in San Francisco — girded for a new tweetstorm of misdirected commentary toward @willsmith, which he’s had since 2007. “Oh no, not again,” he wrote in a GIF of a flying bowl of petunias (a reference to “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Universe”).

If Will Smith is to be disciplined by SAG-AFTRA for slapping Chris Rock at the Oscars, the union’s constitution spells out in great detail how that disciplinary process will play out. SAG-AFTRA covers performers at the Academy Awards, where Rock was a presenter Sunday night and, as such, deems it a workplace incident subject to disciplinary review.

Will Smith is out of The Academy.

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Will Smith has resigned from The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences!

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaWill Smith, facing possible expulsion or suspension after he assaulted Chris Rock during last Sunday’s Oscars telecast, has instead resigned from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences. The move comes as the actor is embroiled in the gravest crisis of his career and as the organization behind the Academy Awards has struggled in its attempts to deal with the fallout from the altercation.

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Will Smith has resigned from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences.

This is wild.

Jay Ruderman There were several beautiful, gratifying moments at the 94th Academy Awards. But you would not necessarily know that by watching the viral videos circulating social media that emerged in the immediate aftermath of the ceremony, which focus on one particular distasteful incident.Today, it is time to let the dust settle on the so-called “slap heard around the world” and shift the conversation to “CODA,” enabling this year’s Best Picture winner to receive the attention and accolades it deserves.The narrative surrounding the success of “CODA” — which also took home Oscars for Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Troy Kotsur) and Best Adapted Screenplay — encompasses much more than initially meets the eye.

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Although we are apparently never going to stop talking about this year’s Oscar season, others are already putting plans in place for next year’s Oscar season.

Questlove has urged fans to “stop talking about” the Oscars incident involving Will Smith and Chris Rock.The filmmaker, real name Ahmir “Questlove Thompson” won the Oscar for Best Documentary Feature for his debut Summer of Soul just after the altercation between Smith and Rock onstage.Today, Questlove took to social media alluding to the incident, simply writing on Twitter: “Can we FINNNNNNNALY stop talking about it?”Can we FINNNNNNNALY stop talking about it?— Questo (@questlove) April 1, 2022Earlier this week, he also revealed he didn’t see the viral moment in person because he was meditating.He told Jimmy Fallon: “They tell you ahead of time, this is your category, and so, in that moment, you’re either going to be full of anxiety or, for me, I’ve been like meditating for the past couple of years.“And when the commercial break happened, I was in my ‘Mmmm.’ So when I opened my eyes, I didn’t realise. ‘Why is everyone so quiet?’”Questlove continued: “As I’m walking to the stage, I’m kind of putting two and two together, and I realise that was a real moment like maybe three seconds before I spoke words.

Smith tearfully explained his actions as those of a man seeking to protect his family from abuse – Rock had referred to his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith’s baldness, even though she had recently made public a diagnosis of alopecia. Backstage, Rock declared himself “fine” and declined to pursue the matter. The Academy apparently asked Smith to leave the auditorium, but seemed satisfied by his refusal.

It has been an absolutely wild week in the entertainment world, thanks to the chaos that ensued at the Oscars. By now, everyone and their cat has heard about – and formed an opinion on – Will Smith slapping Chris Rock at the 94th Academy Awards. There is certainly nuance around the controversy – did Chris know Jada Pinkett Smith has alopecia when he joked about her hair? Should Will have been kicked out of the ceremony minutes before he won his first Oscar? What does Jada actually make of it all?But while most of the Oscars viewers were reeling for hours after watching the shock attack, others had a different reaction: this needs to be a tattoo.

The Grammys has valiantly plodded on, making announcements about what it has in store, without dislodging Smith and Rock from the headlines: what price the hot news that Bruno Mars and Anderson . Paak’s retro-soul outfit Silk Sonic are opening the show, that the Foo Fighters’ appearance has been replaced by a hastily convened tribute to their late drummer Taylor Hawkins, or indeed the saga of Korean boyband BTS – two of whom have Covid, and may or may not perform – compared with one Hollywood star lamping another on live TV?Anyone tuning in for that sense of schadenfreude can always cling to the prospect of Kanye West attending – barred from performing as a result of his latest social media meltdown, he has nevertheless received five nominations for his album Donda – and the fact that the event is hosted by Trevor Noah, the subject of a recent Instagram tirade by West that included racial slurs.

Gallery: Ghosts, poltergeists and spirits! You'll never believe which stars have had SUPERNATURAL experiences! (BANG Showbiz)"I don't really remember that much [from the Oscars] as I had the next day off so I definitely let off steam. I had a good time.