However, uncensored international footage went viral on social media an excerpt from the Australian broadcast became one of the most-viewed online videos in the first 24 hours. Live television broadcasts in the United States mostly muted the incident due to federal censorship laws. Smith resigned his AMPAS membership on April 1, facing a potential suspension or expulsion, and was banned from attending AMPAS-related events for ten years, effective April 8. The next day, he issued an apology to Rock and the AMPAS through social media. In his acceptance speech, he apologized to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) and other nominees, but not to Rock. Later that evening, Smith won Best Actor.

Smith returned to his seat and shouted profanity at Rock, who briefly responded and then continued his presentation. The slap was in response to a joke Rock made about Smith's wife Jada Pinkett Smith's shaved head, which she had been shaving since 2021 due to alopecia areata.

Smith resigns and is given a 10-year Academy event banĭuring the 94th Academy Awards on March 27, 2022, actor Will Smith walked onstage and slapped comedian Chris Rock across the face during Rock's presentation of the Best Documentary Feature award.

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