"I don’t wanna say what we talked about, but there but for the grace of God go any of us. Who are we to condemn?," actor tells bishop T.D. Jakes of infamous moment
"I betrayed the trust of the Academy," Smith wrote. "I am heartbroken."
While it's true Chris Rock told LAPD he didn't want Will Smith arrested, a source close to Rock says no one consulted the comedian about allowing Smith to remain at the Oscars post-slap
“I have a comedy show I wrote before all this shit,” the comedian told a sold-out crowd while mostly avoiding Oscars incident
The actor and the comedian used to be friendly — until a joke Rock made about Jada Pinkett Smith at the 2016 Oscars seemingly turned everything sour
"Chris Rock lumped me in as 1 of '4 white guys,'" says Joseph Patel, who is of South Asian descent
'While we would like to clarify that Mr. Smith was asked to leave the ceremony and refused, we also recognize we could have handled the situation differently,” the Academy acknowledged Wednesday
More tickets have been sold to see Rock's stand-up set in the last 48 hours than in the previous month combined
Awards shows are relevant again, but at what cost?
Bass player John B. Williams, who was on the receiving end of a bald joke cracked by Will Smith on The Arsenio Hall Show in 1991, calls the Oscars slap "unfortunate"
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