The actor used to be accepting of the decade-long ban from attending Academy occasions in mild of the slapping incident on the Oscars.

Will Smith issued a brief and easy commentary following the Academy of Movement Image Arts and Sciences’ determination to prohibit him from all Academy-related occasions (together with the Oscars) for the following 10 years, as a result of he ran onstage and slapped Chris Rock throughout the 2022 Academy Awards. “I settle for and appreciate the Academy’s determination,” he stated in an excessively quick commentary on Friday April 8 to Page Six. 

Will’s reaction got here in a while after the Academy introduced the plan to bar him from all Academy occasions for the following decade. “The Board has made up our minds, for a duration of 10 years from April 8, 2022, Mr. Smith shall no longer be accredited to wait any Academy occasions or systems, in particular person or nearly, together with however no longer restricted to the Academy Awards,” AMPAS President David Rubin and CEO Break of day Hudson stated in a commentary.