Jada Pinkett Smith stated that she and Will Smith were 'still trying to figure out between the two of us how to be in partnership.'
From actors refusing awards to actors assaulting presenters, the Oscars stage has seen it all; here are five scandals in Oscars history.
Actor Will Smith had slapped comedian Chris Rock at the Oscars ceremony in March for making light of his wife Jada Pinkett Smith's hair loss condition.
This comes days after things took a turn at Oscars 2022 when Will Smith slapped Chris Rock after the comedian made a joke about Jada Pinkett Smith's closely cropped hair.
Will Smith, who resigned from the Academy days ago after issuing a public apology including to Chris Rock, said he has accepted the 10-year Oscars ban.
Oscars 2022: The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences brought forward its board meeting for procedural reasons after Will Smith resigned his membership from the group.
Smith’s resignation came two days after the academy met to initiate disciplinary proceedings against Smith for violations against the groups standards of conduct.
Oscars 2022: Will Smith had hit Chris Rock on stage after he cracked a joke about his actress wife Jada Pinkett Smith’s closely cropped hairstyle. Pinkett Smith suffers from alopecia, a condition that causes hair loss.
Jada Pinkett Smith's brief statement came less than 24 hours after Will Smith issued an apology to Chris Rock over the attack at Oscars 2022.
An attack often requires something more offensive than Chris Rock's gag about Will Smith's wife, Jada Pinkett-Smith, appearing in "GI Jane 2" (a reference to her lack of hair, caused by alopecia).
Preliminary audience figures, revealed by broadcaster ABC on Monday, represent a significant recovery from last year's record-low 9.85 million live viewers.
Elon Musk has something to say to a Twitter user sharing memes on the Will Smith-Chris Rock-Jada Pinkett Smith Oscars slapgate.
“Amul Topical: Actor strikes MC at Oscars!” the company tweeted with a doodle of Will Smith slapping Chris Rock. The graphic said: “Chris rocked by slap” and “Snack. Don’t smack”.
Oscars 2022: Chris Rock joked about Jada Pinkett Smith starring in G.I. Jane 2 for her closely shaved head. "Jada, can't wait for G.I. Jane 2."
"Jada (Pinkett Smith) boycotting the Oscars is like me boycotting Rihanna’s panties – I wasn’t invited…" Chris Rock had said in his 2016 Oscars monologue.
Will Smith's son Jaden posted a selfie on Twitter with the message: “My dads speech made me cry.” But, he deleted the tweet soon after. He was referring to Smith's speech after slapping presenter Chris Rock and winning an Oscar.
Jada Pinkett Smith revealed her alopecia areata diagnosis in 2018 at the Red Table Talk series where she said it "was terrifying" to deal with in the beginning.
After Chris Rock cracked the joke, the camera panned on to the Smiths seated in the audience. Will Smith appeared unaffected initially but Jada Pinkett Smith's face dropped. She has been fighting autoimmune disorder alopecia, which can cause hair loss and balding.
Oscars 2022: Many in the audience of the 94th Academy Awards looked stunned at the altercation between Will Smith and Chris Rocks. Later though, Smith apologised to the Academy and fellow nominees, but not to Rock.