The Los Angeles Police Department has revealed that renowned comedian, Chris Rock will not be pressing charges against Will Smith after the actor slapped him onstage at this year’s Oscars on Sunday night.
According to sources, Smith’s act was triggered by the comedian who made a joke about his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith’s shaved head as he presented the Academy Award for best documentary.
Smith, after carrying out the act made a comment to the comedian. He said, “leave my wife’s name out of your f**king mouth.
Meanwhile, he had another opportunity to go back to the stage, this time to be presented with an Oscar award for the best actor for his role as Richard Williams; the father of Venus and Serena Williams, in the film “King Richard.”
Tears rolled down his eyes while making the remorseful speech, with an apologized to the Academy and his fellow nominees for the incident but did not mention Rock by name.
While Smith’s actions have been widely condemned on social media,
Smith’s act has attracted lots of comments on social media, prompting an argument that he should be charged with assault.
Interestingly, another aspect of the incident is the multiple award-winning actor’s 23-year-old son, Jaden Smith, shared a tweet shortly after the incident. He tweeted: “And That’s How We Do It.”
