He was, like, ‘No, I’m fine.’ He was, like, ‘No, no, no.’” “As they were talking, Chris was … being very dismissive of those options. Will Heath/NBC/Getty ImagesĬhris Rock publicly addresses Oscars incident for the first time Host Chris Rock on Saturday Night Live on Saturday, October 3, 2020. Los Angeles Police Department officers soon came into Packer’s office, he told “GMA,” and said to Rock: “This is battery” and that they were prepared to arrest Smith that night. “Because Chris continued the way he did, he completed the category, he handed the trophy to Questlove - who is somebody else I feel was really robbed of their moment - it gave us license in a way to continue the show which is what we were trying to do.” “Because Chris handled the moment with such grace and aplomb it allowed the show to continue,” Packer said. The show was going well up until the point of the slap, Packer said, and he credited Rock’s composure with having helped salvage the remaining portion of the show. He was immediately in joke mode, but you could tell that he was very much in still shock.” Smith portrayed the famed boxer in the 2001 film “Ali.” “And he looked at me, and he goes ‘Yeah.’ He goes, ‘I just took a punch from Muhammad Ali,’ as only Chris Rock can. “I said, ‘Did he really hit you?’” Packer recounted. The first-time Oscars producer had “never felt so immediately devastated like I did in that moment,” as he watched Smith slap Rock, Packer said, then rushed to Rock as he exited the stage to confirm Smith indeed had struck him. Stage encounter left producer ‘devastated’ 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.” “I said, ‘Rock has made it clear that he does not want to make a bad situation worse,’” Packer 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, the producer told “GMA” on Friday. Right after the incident, Academy leaders asked Smith to leave by way of his publicist, but he refused, it has said. Packer gave insight into what swiftly has become one of the most famous and controversial moments in Academy Awards history. Robyn Beck/AFP/Getty ImagesĪcademy leaders told Smith's publicist he should leave Oscars after slap, but he refused, source says Will Smith, accepting the award for best actor in a motion picture, at Sunday's Academy Awards.
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