Talk about a really complicated relationship between these two men. There are new reports that say Chris Rock stopped the police from arresting Will Smith at the Oscars, despite the fact that the actor slapped him across the face in front of the entire audience that night. Here’s what you need to know.
Following the dramatic incident, Oscars show-runner Will Packer has said the police were “prepared” to arrest the King Richard star. In an interview with ABC, Packer said the comedian had been “very dismissive” of the options given to him by the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) when officers went to his office to speak with Mr Rock, who was told the incident was classed as “battery.”
Chris Rock Stopped Will Smith From Getting Arrested At The Oscars
The moment Smith began yelling obscenities from the audience before he walked on stage to confront Rock, Packer realized it was real.
“Once I saw Will yelling at the stage with such vitriol, my heart dropped,” Packer told Good Morning America. “And I just remember thinking, ‘Oh no. Oh, no. Not like this.'” “And Chris was keeping his head when everybody else was losing theirs.”
Right after the incident, Academy leaders asked Smith to leave by way of his publicist, but he refused, it has said. Packer was told Smith was about to be physically removed, and he went to Academy leaders on site and told them Rock didn’t want that to happen.
“I said, ‘Rock has made it clear that he does not want to make a bad situation worse,'” Packer said. “That was Chris’ energy. His tone was not retaliatory, his tone was not aggressively angry, and so I was advocating what Rock wanted in that time, which was not to physically remove Will Smith at that time.”
The 53-year-old won best actor for King Richard, but stormed on stage prior to his win after reacting to a joke made by Rock which referred to his wife Jada Pinkett Smith’s shaved head. She has previously spoken out about her experience dealing with alopecia.
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