#Oscars producer Will Packer tells Good Morning America about the frenetic aftermath of actor Will Smith slapping host Chris Rock live on stage on Hollywood’s biggest night.
https://t.co/AeoYcGkM32 pic.twitter.com/8z35t8TPFw“I immediately went to the Academy leadership that was on site and I said, ‘Chris Rock doesn’t want that,’” Packer said. “I said, ‘Rock has made it clear that he does not want to make a bad situation worse.’ That was Chris’ energy.
His tone was not retaliatory, it was not angry, so I was advocating what Rock wanted in that time which was not to physically remove Will Smith at that time because as it has now been explained to me, that was the only option at that point.”Rock went ahead with his planned stand-up set in Boston on Wednesday night, but only briefly addressed the incident, saying he was “still processing” and would address it at length “sometime in the future.” Rock then stuck to the script for his comedy show — something he apparently didn’t do during the Oscars.Packer told “GMA” that Rock’s teleprompter was fully loaded with pre-written jokes … that went totally unused..
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