By ANDREW DALTON
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The movement image academy on Friday banned Will Smith from attending the Oscars or another academy occasion for 10 years following his slap of Chris Rock on the Academy Awards.
The transfer comes after a gathering of the academy’s Board of Governors to debate a response to Smith’s actions.
“The 94th Oscars had been meant to be a celebration of the numerous people in our group who did unimaginable work this previous 12 months; nevertheless, these moments had been overshadowed by the unacceptable and dangerous habits we noticed Mr. Smith exhibit on stage,” the academy mentioned in an announcement.
Smith pre-emptively resigned from the academy final week in the course of the run-up to the assembly and mentioned he would settle for any punishment the academy handed down.
“I settle for and respect the Academy’s resolution,” Smith mentioned in an announcement.
The academy additionally apologized for its dealing with of the scenario and permitting Smith to remain and settle for his finest actor award for “King Richard.”
“Throughout our telecast, we didn't adequately deal with the scenario within the room. For this, we're sorry,” the academy mentioned. “This was a possibility for us to set an instance for our company, viewers and our Academy household all over the world, and we fell brief — unprepared for the unprecedented. ”
In an announcement within the days following the Oscars, the academy mentioned Smith was requested to depart the ceremony however refused.
Nevertheless it’s not clear how the message was delivered to Smith or what kind it took, and a number of other media retailers reported that he was by no means formally informed to depart the Dolby Theatre. The Los Angeles Occasions reported in a narrative Thursday that Oscars producer Will Packer informed Smith: “Formally, we don’t need you to depart. We would like you to remain.”
The ban means Smith is not going to be presenting one of many main awards at subsequent 12 months’s Oscars, as is custom for the most effective actor winner.
The academy in its Friday assertion additionally expressed “deep gratitude to Mr. Rock for sustaining his composure underneath extraordinary circumstances.”
The academy’s assertion didn't deal with whether or not Smith could possibly be nominated for Oscars throughout his 10-year ban. Nor did it take any motion to revoke Smith’s Academy Award.
The academy has not revoked Oscars from expelled members Harvey Weinstein or Roman Polanski.