Will Smith's penalty: The academy suspends the actor from the Oscars for ten years

The American Film Academy has decided to suspend Will Smith for ten years from the Oscars.

As you may recall, last weekend Smith anticipated a cure for Mecca and announced his resignation, after realizing that the wind was leaning there following the slap he gave Chris Rock during the Oscars ceremony

Avner Shavit

08/04/2022

Friday, 08 April 2022, 22:14 Updated: 22:16

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Will Smith Sutter to Chris Rock Live at the 2022 Academy Awards (Walla!)

Will Smith will not be able to attend the academy ceremonies for the next ten years, as punishment for the slap he inflicted on Chris Rock during the ceremony last week - the American Film Academy has decided.

"The Council has decided that for a period of ten years, beginning April 8, 2022, Mr. Smith will not be allowed to attend the Academy's events or programs, in person or virtually, including but not limited to the Oscars," said Academy President David Robin and CEO Don Hudson in a letter to all her friends, at the end of the virtual meeting held today (Friday)

. To Mecca and announced that he is giving up his membership in the academy and resigning from it.As an Oscar winner in the Best Actor category, tradition holds that he will present the award to the actress of the ceremony next year - which of course will not happen.

"The 94th Academy Awards ceremony is intended to be a celebration of the many people in our community who have done an amazing job over the past year; however, these moments were overshadowed by the unacceptable and harmful behavior we saw Mr. Smith show on stage," the academy said in a statement.

"During our broadcast we did not properly address the situation in the room. We are sorry for that. It was an opportunity for us to set an example for our guests, viewers and our academic family around the world, and we failed - we were not prepared for that precedent.

" Best for Will Smith's actions at the Oscars, in addition to receiving his resignation.

The Board of Directors has decided that for a period of ten years, beginning April 8, 2022, Mr. Smith will not be allowed to participate in events or programs of the Academy, in person or virtually, including but not limited to the Oscars.

"We want to express our deep gratitude to Mr. Rock, for keeping his composure in exceptional circumstances. We also want to thank our hosts, candidates, presenters and winners for their grace and grace during our broadcast.

This action we take today in response to Will Smith's behavior is a step "Towards a greater goal of protecting the safety of our artists and guests, and restoring trust in academia. We also hope it will launch a period of healing and rehabilitation for all involved and affected."

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Will Smithster to Chris Rock live at the Oscars, March 28, 2022 (Photo: Giphy)

"I take full responsibility for my conduct," Smith wrote in his resignation statement last week.

"My actions at the Oscars were shocking and unforgivable. The list of those I hurt is long and includes Chris, his family, many of my close and dear friends, everyone who was present in the hall and the audience around the world. I betrayed the trust of the academy. "Celebrate their outstanding work. I'm heartbroken."

"I want to bring back the focus to those who deserve attention for their achievements. I want to allow the academy to focus on encouraging filmmaking. I resign from the academy, and I will take on every other step the management decides. Change takes time and I am committed to doing the necessary work so it does not It will happen to me again. "

As you may recall, Will Smith came to the ceremony earlier this week as a candidate for the role of Richard Williams, the father of the Williams sisters, in "Winning Family."

She was accompanied by his partner, Jada Pinkett-Smith, who suffers from hair loss due to alopecia.

Chris Rock, one of the awards presenters, who has a long history with the Smith family, insulted her for it and stung her because of her baldness.

In response, Smith jumped out of his seat, slapped the rock hard, returned to his chair and cursed at him.

Later, when it was announced that his candidacy had matured to win an award, he took the stage to receive the gilded statuette and delivered a tearful speech during which he provided explanations for his actions, but did not officially apologize.

Over the past day, controversy has also erupted over what happened after Smith's outburst of rage.

Ceremony producer Will Packer claimed that Chris Rock was the one who asked the academy not to keep Smith away from the event;

Rock insiders, in response, have denied the allegations.

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Alligator tears.

Will Smith (Photo: GettyImages, Nelson Bernard)

Earlier this week, even before announcing his resignation, Smith posted an official apology - "Violence in all its forms is destructive and toxic," a cult on Instagram.

"My behavior at the ceremony has no place and no excuses. Jokes at my expense are part of the business, but jokes about Jada's health are too much for me, and I reacted emotionally," he wrote, among other things, and now came another apology, and with it a resignation.

Beyond the symbolic matter, what does the resignation mean?

Not much.

At the moment, Smith will not be among the members who choose the nominees and Oscar winners, but he may keep the award he received earlier this week, and in theory could also be nominated more times in the future, and also attend the ceremony if invited.

The question is whether the academy will decide otherwise.

The academy, for its part, has announced that it accepts Smith's resignation, but is continuing disciplinary proceedings against him, and will convene to sentence him later this month.

It now remains to be seen whether she will settle for resignation, or whether she will also decide to cancel the actor's Oscar.

This is a rare and in fact almost unprecedented move.

Only on one occasion did the academy deny an Oscar, and that was in technical and esoteric circumstances: the forgotten docu "Young Americans" won the 1968 Oscar, then it turned out to have been distributed in 1967, so the award was taken retroactively from it.

crime and Punishment.

Will Smith with Chris Rock on stage at the Oscars (Photo: GettyImages, Neilson Barnard)

The expulsion of academics is also a rarity, having happened only four times in history.

The first to be fired was actor Carmin Creedy, because he piratedly distributed screenwriters of award-winning films he received as part of his membership in the organization.

In contrast, in recent years the academy has fired Bill Cosby, Harvey Weinstein and Roman Polanski for their sexual offenses.

The last two are Oscar winners, and despite their removal the statuette was not retroactively revoked from them, so if they did deny Smith the Oscar - it would be a very dramatic and unusual move.

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