Hollywood Academy to investigate Will Smith slapping Chris Rock | News Univision United States

The United States Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced Monday that it has “opened a formal inquiry.” Room scored by actor Will Smith Comedian Chris Rock was hit at the Oscars this Sunday.

The academy said “Condemned” what happened.

Comedian Chris Rock compares Jada Pinkett Smith’s shaved head to Demi Moore’s head. G.I. Jane. Rock teased, “Jada, I love you. G.I. Jane 2, I can not wait to see it, right? “

Will Smith laughed at first, but then Climbed the stage to slap him. I thought it was part of the norm, but when the actor shouted from his seat the suspicion subsided: “Do not mention my wife’s name in your mouth.”

“It’s the best night in television history,” Rock said, and later worked as his presenter again.

Moments later, Smith returned to the stage to receive the Oscar for Best Actor. In his speech, he apologized to the members of the academy and his fellow nominees, but not to Rock.

“In my life I ask people to love, protect people and be a river to my people,” Smith said during his acceptance speech.

“I know you have to do what we do and you have to laugh that it’s okay.

“I hope the academy will call me back,” Will Smith concluded his speech on stage.

In the middle Hollywood Reporter The members of the academy announced that they met this Monday, which is customary after each gala. It is unknown at this time what he will do after leaving the post.

In 2018 Jada Pinkett Smith revealed he suffered from alopecia or baldness, which is characterized by hair loss. When alopecia occurs and how it develops depends on the individual. Sometimes it’s a temporary thing.

“A lot of people ask me why I wear a turban (…) It’s not easy to talk about, but I do,” he said. Red table talk Reveals his diagnosis. When he noticed that he had lost a “handful of hair”, he spoke openly about the “terrifying” moment in the shower.

“I said, ‘My God, am I getting bald?’ It was one of those moody times where I would break into endless soliloquy with myself.

Since then, Jada Pinkett Smith has been posing on the red carpet with short hair, ribbons or a turban.