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Oscars Organizers Considered Removing Will Smith After Chris Rock Slap Incident (Report)

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There are new details surfacing about what happened behind-the-scenes after Will Smith hit Chris Rock following a joke the comedian made about his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith.

A new report suggests that Oscars organizers considered having the Best Actor-winning star removed after the incident, via People. Click inside to read more… “Behind the scenes there were a lot of people, and different voices and bifurcated opinions, weighing in on what had just happened and what was the best and quickest course of action.

People were also checking that Chris Rock was okay,” a source told the outlet. “Basically there were just minutes to first figure out if it was a stunt and then try and get people on the same page — including the producers, ABC, the Academy, reps who were not all in the same place or all looking at their phones in real time, and even to see if Chris wanted to press charges,” they continued.

They went on to explain that “having Will removed was definitely discussed seriously. You can’t plan for something like this and make a split-second decision that needs everyone’s buy-in, and in any iteration that would have consequences.” Find out what the LAPD said about the situation.

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