Twitter customers are battling over whether or not to cancel Will Smith.
Smith, 53, astounded the Oscars 2022 viewers and viewers alike when he bolted as much as the stage on Sunday and slapped presenter Chris Rock after the latter made a joke about his spouse, Jada Pinkett Smith.
The “King Richard” star then received the golden statuette for Finest Actor in a Main Position shortly after the incident. Nonetheless, The Submit has since reported that the Academy might revoke his award following his actions.
Twitter was divided over whether or not to cancel Smith, particularly since different Oscar winners reminiscent of Roman Polanski, Harvey Weinstein and lots of extra have reportedly executed different unspeakable acts — and nonetheless have their trophies.
Some are calling for the “Recent Prince of Bel-Air” actor to be disciplined. “I name upon the Academy, of which I'm a member, to take disciplinary motion towards Will Smith. He disgraced our total group tonight,” author Marshall Herskovitz tweeted.
One other chimed in and replied to Herskovitz’s phrases, saying: “I can guarantee you that your group has many extra disgraceful actions which have impacted many extra folks than Will Smith. See Roman Polanski, Mel Gibson, Harvey Weinstein, Alfred Hitchcock, and many others.”
One other added: “Simply bear in mind they gave Roman Polanski an Oscar in absentia after he fled the nation to keep away from a pedophilia conviction.”
Polanski, 88, received the Oscar for Finest Director in 2003 for his work on “The Pianist.” Nonetheless, he didn’t attend the ceremony as a result of he fled the US in 1978 following a rape cost. Harrison Ford accepted the award on Polanksi’s behalf and the filmmaker obtained a standing ovation.
One argued that viewers shouldn’t condemn Smith for his actions, rattling off names of quite a few different actors who've allegedly crossed a line. “No, we aren't going to do that to a Black man once we didn’t do it to Roman Polanski, Woody Allen, Harvey Weinstein, Michael Douglas, Douglas Hoffman, Richard Dreyfuss, Paul Haggis, James Franco, Kevin Spacey, Casey Affleck, Mel Gibson, Arthur Freed, Joan Crawford [and] Clark Gable,” they wrote.
“If we're speaking about taking again Oscar’s let’s begin with Roman Polanski,” somebody else thought. “So in that case have Woody Allen, Roman Polanski, Guillermo del Toro, and Harvey Weinstein return their Oscars too,” one urged.
A person additionally famous, “The Academy spent many years ignoring rape by Harvey Weinstein earlier than it was compelled to take away him from its membership, and by no means as soon as took motion towards violence by Roman Polanski who drugged and raped a 13 yr previous or Mel Gibson who continues to advertise hate.”
The Academy launched its personal assertion relating to the incident and slammed the violence. “The Academy doesn't condone violence of any type,” the present tweeted early Monday. “Tonight we're delighted to rejoice our 94th Academy Awards winners, who deserve this second of recognition from their friends and film lovers around the globe.”
Individuals bashed the telecast’s memo and shook their heads from behind their pc screens.
“Sure it does, you let the man win lmao,” one responded. One other stated, “You gave an assault perpetrator 5 uninterrupted minutes on a world platform to excuse his behaviour. You don’t simply condone violence. You endorse and amplify it!”
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