Smith also resigned his Academy membership and issued an apology, expressing remorse for his actions. During the 2022 Academy Awards ceremony, Rock was presenting an award and made a joke about ...

broaches the topic of Smith lowering the boom on comedian Chris Rock’s face at the 2022 Academy Awards. Rock made fun of Pinkett Smith’s bald hair — which was caused by the auto-immune ...

To clarify, while Smith did not have to return his Best Actor Oscar for his role in King Richard, he was banned from attending any Academy Award events for 10 years after the incident. After that ...

Will Smith’s new album Based on a True Story features numerous references to the infamous moment he slapped comedian Chris Rock onstage at the 2022 Oscars. The 56-year-old rapper and actor ...

Smith then talks in character about the moment that led him to be banned from the Oscars for a decade, when he slapped Rock during the live television broadcast of the Academy Awards ceremony.