![]() ![]() Last July, he released a YouTube apology video that would make the Try Guys proud, noting that he was “trying to be remorseful without being ashamed of myself. As many had dubbed it, Smith, after a deep breath, was on the apology tour beginning in the summer of 2022. ![]() ![]() Smith, who prior to the slap and Oscar win had gone to great lengths to cash in traditional Hollywood fame for social media stardom on YouTube, Facebook, TikTok, and other platform real estate, did not duck out of the limelight for very long following the kerfuffle. ![]() The AMPAS didn’t leave it at that: Noting that the 94th Oscars had been “overshadowed by the unacceptable and harmful behaviour we saw Mr Smith exhibit on stage,” the organization banned Smith from the Academy Awards for 10 years. Smith immediately reacted to the altercation in his acceptance speech, then spent the subsequent months trying to repair the damage, a journey that ultimately led him to resign from the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences. “Keep my wife’s name out of your fucking mouth!” Smith said after jumping up, taking to the stage, and smacking Rock in front of 16.6 million viewers. Last March, shortly before Smith picked up an Academy Award for his work in King Richard, ceremony host Chris Rock hurled an insult at Smith’s wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, causing a blow up at the televised affair. ![]()
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