The Academy Awards slap continues to be a success.
Whoopi Goldberg, a number at ABC’s “The View” and a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Board of Governors, mentioned she accepts Will Smith’s apology for slapping presenter Chris Rock onstage on the Oscars broadcast on Sunday.
But Smith isn’t scot-free, in keeping with Goldberg.
“There are consequences,” she said on the show Tuesday morning. “There are big consequences because nobody is OK with what happened. Nobody, nobody, nobody.”
While rumors circulated that Smith, 53, might doubtlessly lose his Oscar for Best Actor in a Leading Role, the “The View” host mentioned the consequence shouldn’t be “taking his Oscar.”
Goldberg, 66, went into depth as to why nobody consoled 57-year-old Rock — and why everybody flocked as an alternative to Smith.
“People thought, ‘Oh my God, is he having a break? Do we need to get him out? What do we need to do?’” she defined, including that nobody else can be let on stage to verify on Rock.
But Smith apparently wasn’t eliminated due to his alternative to attain an Oscar simply minutes later — which he did.
“That would have been another 15-, 20-minute explanation of why we’re taking the black man out five seconds before they’re about to decide whether he’s won an Oscar or not,” she continued, saying that producer Will Packer made “the right decision.”
As present hosts mentioned whether or not Smith ought to proceed to be talked about, co-host Sunny Hostin instructed Rock’s “assault” is repeatedly proven world wide, and that they “have to keep him in mind.”
“He was the victim here, but let’s also know that everything that needed to happen that evening, happened,” Goldberg rebutted. “Chris took care of business. And he is the adult who said, ‘You know what, I get it. I’m going to let this do what it needs to do.’”
“The View” included ideas from US Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ), who gave his take on the notorious slap. While he mentioned he by no means endorses merciless humor, he additionally believes “nothing justifies violence.
“What we saw was violence that night and it was very, very disappointing. But again, let’s all extend grace,” he mentioned. “We have all made mistakes, and the totality of who Will Smith is and who Chris Rock is was not defined by what I thought was a very unfortunate and low moment for the Oscars and for all of us.”
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