Oscar Brass “Suggested” Will Smith Asked To Leave After Chris Rock Slap; Actor Was Never Directly Requested
deadline.comDetails are emerging that Will Smith wasn’t dircectly asked to leave the Oscar ceremony after slapping Chris Rock over his “G.I.
Jane 2” joke to Jada Pinkett Smith, rather it was suggested.Deadline hears that Oscar heavyweights, Academy president David Rubin and CEO Dawn Hudson, had a discussion with Will Smith’s rep, bouncing around the idea of the ultimate King Richard Best Actor winner departing the Dolby Theatre.
Smith’s rep approached the actor with the suggestion, and he reportedly told her via a well placed source that night “I want to make this right, I want to stay and apologize”.As more details come out, as more perspectives are being thrown into the hat, the role of Will Packer in all of this seems to be murkier.
We know for a fact that Packer did speak to Smith after the incident with Rock, as did Denzel Washington, Tyler Perry and Bradley Cooper.
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