L-R : Will Smith , Jada Pinkett-Smith and Chris Rock
On March 27th , the Academy Awards happened , and as you know by now , Will Smith approached Chris Rock and assaulted him by slapping him across his face while on stage after he told a joke on Smith ’ s wife Jada Pinkett-Smith . It was easily the slap heard and seen across the world as 15 million people watched the event happen live , and an enormous amount have watched it since .
A lot of things have happened since that event . Rock was approached by the Los Angeles Police Department during the event and asked him if he wanted to press charges , letting him know that they would arrest Smith on the spot and during the Awards .
On that Monday , Smith sent out an official apology to Rock and the Academy for his actions on stage , while there was no word from Rock accepting his apology or not .
On that Wednesday , Rock appeared on stage in Boston at the Wilbur Theater while on his Ego World Tour and stated on stage that he would not be addressing what happened , and that he was “ still processing ” the event .
The following week news came down from The Academy that Will Smith would be banned for 10 years and unable to participate in anything affiliated with them .
Finally , and as of this writing , Chris Rock stated , while on stage and again while on stage at the Fantasy Springs Resort-Casino in Indio , Calif ., Rock broached topic right from the start of his show . Sadly , it was not the information most in the crowd wanted to hear , although it did go a little bit further than what he has previously said publicly , laying out his ground rules for the take the world is waiting to hear .
“ I ’ m OK , I have a whole show and I ’ m not talking about that until I get paid . Life is good . I got my hearing back ,” Rock said .
From there , nothing has happened but its being speculated that Rock will submit a lawsuit against the Academy and Smith . As expected , this story is still developing
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