The Academy maintains that someone asked Smith to exit the theater following his ugly outburst Sunday night, and that he refused -- but several media outlets are reporting the opposite
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences maintains that someone asked Smith to exit the theater following his ugly outburst Sunday night, and that he refused, but several media outlets are reporting the opposite."The only person anybody should be focusing on is Will," Whoopi Goldberg said on"The View" Thursday.Rock declined to press charges over the incident, but the immediate response remains unclear.
According to ABC News, Rock reportedly took the stage after a quick show from his opening act. When Rock appeared on stage, everyone stood on their feet and greeted him with cheers and applause. "I'm still kind of processing what happened," said Rock according to audio from the show obtained by Variety."So ... at some point, I'll talk about "
The film academy earlier condemned Smith's onstage assault of Rock, but it used stronger language Wednesday.
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