![]() “Will Smith reached out to me the next morning and he apologized. Meanwhile, Packer heard from Will Smith the next day. This is the Academy covering itself."Īn Academy source insisted to the site, "Will Packer is not speaking on behalf of the Academy." All I want to do is leave.' He was never asked if he wanted Will removed. After Packer’s interview aired, the insider told TMZ, "Chris told Packer, 'I'm not pressing charges. It has been explained to me that there was a conversation that I was not a part of to ask him to voluntarily leave.”Ī source disputes Packer’s account, saying Chris was never asked if Will should stay or go. He added, “As it has now been explained to me, that was the only option at that point. ![]() So, I was advocating for what Rock wanted in that time, which was not to physically remove Will Smith at that time.” ![]() His tone was not retaliatory, aggressive, or angry. There have been reports that Smith was asked to leave, but refused.Īccording to Packer, “Someone told me that they were about to physically remove Will Smith, and I had not been a part of those conversations, so I immediately went to the Academy leadership that was on site and I said, ‘Chris Rock doesn’t want that,’ I said, ‘Rock has made it clear that he does not want to make a bad situation worse,’ that was Chris’ energy. Packer insisted, “I didn’t have any conversation with Will. He was like, ‘No, no, no…’ They said, ‘Would you like us to take any action?’ and he said, ‘No.’” Will recalled, “They were saying, ‘This is battery, we will go get him, we are prepared, we are prepared to get him right now, you can press charges, we can arrest him.’ As they were talking, Chris… was being very dismissive of those options. They came into my office, they were laying out very clearly what Chris’ rights were.” He was right away in joke mode, but you could tell that he was in complete shock.Packer went on, “The LAPD came and needed to talk to Chris. Hollywood Reacts To The Oscar Slap: Physical Assault, Say Many “How We Do It”, Says Jaden SmithĪfter Rock came offstage, Packer said he asked him, “Did he really hit you? And he looks at me and goes, ‘Yeah. “Because then you don’t have the optics of somebody who committed this act, didn’t nail it in terms of a conciliatory acceptance speech in that moment, who continued to be in that room.” “If he wasn’t going to give that speech which made it truly better, then yes” it would have been better had Smith not stayed. The fact that Smith neglected to apologize to Rock is regrettable, Packer agreed. These people saw the person that they know and they were hoping that somehow, some way, this was an aberration.” ![]() “He has a three-decades-plus career of being the opposite of what we saw in that moment. “The people in that room who stood up stood up for somebody that they knew - he was a peer, a friend, a brother,” he said. Holmes pressed Packer about the optics of letting Smith continue on, basking in a standing ovation. Not like this.’ … I’ve never felt as immediately devastated as I did in that moment.” Once it started to become clear what was unfolding, Packer said, “My heart dropped. Oscars: Switzerland Selects Dekanalog-Acquired Drama 'Thunder' For Best International Film RaceĬhris Rock Was Never Asked If He Wanted Will Smith Removed From Oscars Post-Slap: Sources ![]()
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