Host Wanda Sykes slams Academy for letting Will Smith accept Oscar: 'It was gross'
foxnews.comWanda Sykes called out the Academy for allowing Will Smith to stay at the Oscars after he slapped Chris Rock on stage. Sykes, who served as a co-host for the award show Sunday night, recalled her version of events during a preview of Thursday's episode of "The Ellen Show." The actress revealed she had just introduced Rock and was in the middle of changing into her pajamas for a later bit when the slap happened.
As she returned to watch Rock present an Oscar, she told Ellen DeGeneres Smith was walking back to his seat and then started cursing. "I just felt so awful for my friend Chris," she told DeGeneres.
Wanda Sykes criticized the Academy for letting Will Smith accept his Oscar on Sunday night after slapping Chris Rock across the face on stage. "It was sickening.
It was absolutely – I physically felt ill, and I'm still a little traumatized by it," Sykes added. Sykes went on to criticize the Academy for not escorting Smith out of the Dolby Theater and letting him accept his Oscar for best actor.
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