Will Smith wins BET best actor award for his work in King Richard three months after Oscars slap

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Despite being slapped with a ten-year ban from the Oscars after assaulting Chris Rock on stage, Will Smith is still earning more accolades for his acting.The 53-year-old received the Best Actor award for his work in King Richard at the BET Awards Sunday night, although he did not attend the ceremony.He beat out contendersAdrian Holmes and Jabari Banks for Bel Air,Anthony Anderson for Blackish,Damson Idris for Snowfall,Denzel Washington for The Tragedy of Macbeth,Forest Whitaker for The Godfather of Harlem andSterling K.

Brown for This Is Us. Accolades:The infamous Oscars slap hasn't prevented Will Smith, 53, from earning more accolades. He won the Best Actor award at the BET Awards Sunday night but did not attend the ceremonyThe multi-talented star had previously won BAFTA , Golden Globe, SAG, Critics Choice the Oscar and an NAACP Image Award for the work in which he portrayed the father totennis superstars Venus and Serena Williams.However, the beleaguered artist has kept a low-profile since attacking host Chris Rock during the 2022 Academy Awards ceremony.The fracas occurred when Chris made about rude remark about Jada Pinkett's shaved head quipping, 'Jada, I love you, G.

I. Jane 2, can't wait to see it.' BET: The BET awards ceremony was launched in 2001 to celebrate African American stars in music, acting, sports and other fields of entertainment who have excelled over the past yearThe actress, 50, who has alopecia, an autoimmune condition that causes hair loss, met the comment with a dismissive eye roll.Will then leapt from his seat, walked to the stage and slapped the host in front of everyone at the Dolby Theater in Hollywood and millions of viewers who were watching on television.The repentant actor released a.