On Monday, Smith, 53, wrote a lengthy statement on Instagram, admitting he was wrong for striking Rock, 57, onstage at the 2022 Academy Awards. "Violence in all of its forms is poisonous and ...

Will Smith faced the most infamous moment of his career in March 2022 when, on what was meant to be his night of triumph at the Oscars, he ended up banned by the Academy for slapping Chris Rock.

Chris Rock getting smacked and screamed at by Will Smith at the Academy Awards ceremony in 2022 will forever go down as one ...

Smith — who won the 2022 Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in King Richard — did not have to return his award, but he was banned from attending any Academy Award events for 10 years ...

Smith also resigned his Academy membership and issued an apology, expressing remorse for his actions. During the 2022 Academy Awards ceremony, Rock was presenting an award and made a joke about ...

It’s been 20 years since Will Smith released an album. But just three years since the rapper/actor famously slapped comedian Chris Rock onstage at the 2022 Academy Awards. Rock later addressed ...

Hollywood might have moved on, but Will Smith hasn’t. His latest album dives deep into the fallout of the infamous Oscars slap and fans really seem to hate it ...

Hollywood superstar Will Smith opened up on a new podcast about the spiritual journey he's been on since his fall from grace after slapping comedian Chris Rock on stage at the 2022 Academy Awards.

Smith then talks in character about the moment that led him to be banned from the Oscars for a decade, when he slapped Rock during the live television broadcast of the Academy Awards ceremony.