his slap of Chris Rock on stage.Speaking about the controversy on “The View” on Thursday, Goldberg, who serves on the Academy’s board of governors, said she understands why Smith was asked to leave the show rather than being told to exit the ceremony.“I’m going to tell you why he got the option.
Picture, well, OK, they come back from break, now if he’s in some sort of state and he’s struggling and they’re trying to get him out the door and it’s still on camera,” Goldberg said. “Listen, we work a live show every day and stuff happens and it comes out your mouth or you do something stupid and you’ve got to sit there and deal with it.“I can’t because I’m not their spokesperson and everything they had to say they’ve said.
But there are things that I do know. People said to me, ‘Well, you know, they were running over to greet him’ and someone else is saying, ‘Well, you know, everybody was checking to make sure he wasn’t having a manic moment,’ because that’s not what he’s known for, smacking people.
So we’ll see what happens and that’s where I keep saying let us keep in mind that there’s one person responsible for this,” she added.Goldberg’s remarks come one day after The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences launched “disciplinary proceedings” against the “King Richard” star.“The Board of Governors today initiated disciplinary proceedings against Mr.
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