Will Smith was left out of an Oscars tradition after he won the Best Actor gong at Hollywood's night of nights as he issued a short response on Instagram and deleted a comment, which left the majority of his fans angry.
"I'm being called on in my life to love people and to protect people, and to be a river to my people. I know to do what we do, you gotta' be able to take abuse and you gotta' be able to have people talk crazy about you," he said.
"In this business, you've gotta' have people disrespecting you, and you've got to smile and pretend that's okay.""I want to apologise to the Academy, I want to apologise to all my fellow nominees," he said. Smith appeared to be snubbed or decided not to attend the Oscars' tradition of a photo call for the four best winning actors of the night. Pictured are: Best Supporting Actress Ariana DeBose, Best Supporting Actor Troy Kotsur and Best Actress Jessica Chastain. Picture: Getty ImagesHe appeared to be snubbed from the Oscars tradition where the four winning best actor recipients gather for a photo together.
Best Actress Jessica Chastain, Best Supporting Actor Troy Kotsur and Best Supporting Actress Ariana DeBose cuddled in front of the world's media in the absence of Smith."The Academy does not condone violence of any form," it said on Twitter.He shared a video of himself and Jada with the caption:"Me 'n @jadapinkettsmith got all dressed up to choose chaos.
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