The biggest Oscars controversies of 2023: ‘Whale’ fat suit, Slap fallout
nypost.comWill Smith shockingly smacked Chris Rock onstage at the Academy Awards after Rock made a joke about Smith’s wife Jada Pinkett Smith, the comedian reignited the feud with his Netflix stand-up special “Chris Rock: Selective Outrage” last Saturday.“Will is embarrassed and hurt by what Chris said about him and his family in his Netflix special,” a Smith source told “Entertainment Tonight.”Embarrassed or not, last year’s Best Actor winner received a 10-year ban from the Oscars and other associated Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences events, so he cannot present the trophy for Best Actor in 2023 as tradition dictates.
And a source told Page Six the violent dust-up won’t go unmentioned Sunday night.“We’re going to acknowledge it, and then we’re gonna move on,” executive producer Molly McNearney said in a press conference. “We don’t want to make this year about last year.
It’s certainly something we can and will address in a comedic fashion.”When British actress Andrea Riseborough received a nomination for Best Actress, her film “To Leslie” had made just $27,000 at the box office during a brief October run in a few theaters.
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