He criticized the assault on Chris Rock by Richard Williams, 80, a real person in the movie ‘King Richards’, which gave Hollywood actor Will Smith an Academy Award for Best Actor.
Richard Williams told NBC on the 29th (local time) that “it is unacceptable to hit anyone except in self-defense.”
After Williams suffered a stroke, Williams’ son Lesain, who served as his spokesperson, said, “My father was as shocked as anyone to see Smith’s assault,” he said.
At the 94th Academy Awards held on the 27th, Will Smith approached Chris Rock and slapped him on the cheek. Chris Rock joked about Will Smith’s wife Jada Pinkett Smith’s shaved hairstyle, which enraged Will Smith and led to assault. Will Smith broke into the stage and swung his arms at Chris Rock, and when he returned to the crowd, he sweared several times saying, “Don’t put my wife on your name.”
The next day, Will Smith admitted to his social media account, “Violence in all its forms is poisonous and destructive. My actions at the Academy Awards last night were unacceptable and unforgivable.” He also officially apologized to Chris Rock, saying, “Chris, I crossed the line and I was wrong. I am ashamed of myself and what I did was not the man I wanted to be.”
On that day, Will Smith won the Academy Award for Best Actor and went up to the podium to greet the Williams family, the protagonist of the movie, “Thank you for trusting me to play your story.” However, the previous assault incident made even a thank you note to Williams stained.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which hosts the Academy Awards, said in a statement, “The Academy condemns Will Smith’s behavior at the awards ceremony.” will be reviewed,” he said.
Meanwhile, ‘King Richards’ is a biographical film about the story of Williams, the father who raised the sisters Venus and Serena Williams as tennis empresses. Will Smith won an Academy Award for Best Actor for the role of Richard Williams.
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