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Will Smith Faces Possible Disciplinary action by Academy after Hitting Chris Rock


 Will Smith, who won the 2022 best actor Oscar for his role in "King Richard", now faces possible disciplinary action by the Academy after hitting Chris Rock at the award ceremony on Sunday.

   The Academy will met later this week to determine if action will be taken against the Oscar winner over the incident.

  Well, looking at how it turned out, the slap that got the world taking and overshadowed the 94th Academy is far from being kept quiet.

  it will be recall that the Actor Will Smith attacked Chris Rock after the comedian made a joke about his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, at the ceremony. the joke appeared to referred Pinkett smith's Alopecia, an auto-immune disease that causes hair loss.

  However, Smith after many faces of mounting backlash apologised to Chris Rock for the assault. In a statement released early Tuesday morning, Smith said "I would like to publicly apologise to you, Chris. I was out of line and I was wrong. I am embarrassed and my actions were not indicative of the man i want to be. There is no place for violence in a world of love and kindness.

 " I would also like to apologise to the Academy, the producers of the show, all the attendees and everyone watching around the world. I would like to apologise to the Williams family and my King Richard Family. I deeply regret that my behaviour has stained what has been an otherwise gorgeous journey for all of us. I am a work in progress.

 Meanwhile, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which hosts the Oscars, said it had launched a formal review into the incident and fans are wondering: could Smith be stripped of his Oscar?


 The Academy also issued a statement condemning Smith's actions, announcing it will launch an inquiry to determine further action and consequences. The Academy's board of governors will meet on wednesday being Today to discuss the issue.

 The Academy prohibits uninvited physical contact and according to the association's bylaws, disciplinary action could include "suspension of membership or expulsion from membership".

 Whoopi Goldberg, actor and member of the Academy's board of governors, said during US talkshow the View on Monday: "we're not going to take that Oscar from him. There will be consequences I'm sure, but I don't think that's what they'll do".

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