Will Smith refused to leave the Oscars following the slap, Academy says
The Academy's Board of Governors plans to meet on April 18 to decide on how to discipline Will Smith.
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Richard Williams condemns Will Smith's onstage slap of Chris Rock at the Oscars
"We don't condone anyone hitting anyone else unless it's in self-defense," the father of Venus and Serena Williams told NBC News. Smith won an Oscar for portraying Williams in the movie King Richard.
Will Smith appears to slap Chris Rock following Oscars joke about Jada Pinkett Smith
Will Smith appeared to slap Chris Rock after he made a joke about Smith's wife, Jada Pinkett Smith.
'King Richard' is a quintessential Will Smith movie, 30 years in the making
For more than three decades the actor has cultivated a specific type of on-screen personality, from The Fresh Prince to King Richard.