The Academy’s gesture towards Will Smith before the Oscars
Scott Feinberg has pointed out that the actor’s name is not engraved on the statuette he received in the last edition. ‘We can manage it.
The last edition of the Oscars will always be remembered for the slap that Will Smith gave to Chris Rock during the live broadcast. A gesture that tarnished the ceremony’s development but left the aggressor quite shaken, who acted this way due to a series of mocking comments about his wife Jada Pinkett’s alopecia.
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This incident also caused the actor, who won the Best Actor award for “The Williams Method”, to lose the right to have his name engraved on the trophy he received, as the protagonist of this event has admitted on occasion.
Therefore, the Academy has remembered Will Smith one year later to have his name inscribed on the golden statuette he received, as Scott Feinberg, head of this organization, has assured. “He won the Oscar, so his name should be engraved on it. I don’t know if he should come in person, but yes, we can manage it,” she suggests.
Will Smith, persona non grata at the Oscars.
However, the popular American actor will not be present at the 95th edition of the Oscars following his attack on Chris Rock during the gala. Smith was declared persona non grata by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences of Hollywood, which prevents the actor from attending any event organized by the Academy, either in person or remotely, due to conduct contrary to the ethics of this historic organization.
Host Ryan Seacrest was also declared persona non grata following an accusation of alleged sexual abuse by his former stylist, Suzie Harder.