Academy member says Will Smith should return his Oscar: ‘The incident was such a jolt to societal norms
The Independent says Will Smith should “voluntarily” return his Oscar award for Best Actor, a member of the Motion Picture Academy has said.
In a Variety op-ed on Saturday (9 April), veteran screen and stage actor Harry Lennix called the King Richard actor’s 10 year Oscars ban a “toothless penalty” and compared his action of slapping Chris Rock over a GI Jane joke “an extended time out for a playground bully” that “lays bare the shallowness of Hollywood morals”.
On Sunday (27 March), Rock was presenting the award for Best Documentary when he made a joke about the appearance of Smith’s wife Jada Pinkett Smith.
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