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Will Smith had Zoom meeting with Academy brass two days after Oscar slap
emergency phone call to discuss their inquiry over the actor’s Oscar night attack on Chris Rock.During the call, Smith, 53, apologized to Academy President David Rubin and CEO Dawn Hudson, and acknowledged there would be consequences for charging Hollywood’s biggest stage and slapping the comic during Sunday night’s ceremony, a source told Variety.The actor also reportedly tried to explain why he rushed Rock, who had just cracked a joke about his wife Jada Pinkett Smith’s baldness, which is caused by alopecia.Rubin and Hudson said they were “outraged” by the attack in a letter they sent to academy members later that day. The letter stated a “formal review” into the incident would take weeks.After Sunday’s meltdown, Smith received a standing ovation while accepting the Best Actor Oscar for his star turn in the tennis drama “King Richard,” and delivered a rambling speech where he tried to justify his attack moments before.
