![]() Rock, 57, declined to press charges against Smith after the incident, which the Academy condemned as part of its review. It was this feeling of what just happened? Is this real? How am I supposed to react, so it sucked the life out of that room and it never came back.”Įarlier in Packer’s interview, the producer said he was “not part of” conversations about asking Smith to leave. We hear 50 guests including Terrence J, D. “It was like someone poured concrete in that room. The producers of this year’s Oscars, Will Packer and Shayla Cowan, were feted by friends at a party ahead of Sunday’s upcoming 94th Academy Awards. “ was sucked completely out of it,” Packer said. “If he wasn’t going to give that speech, which made it truly better, then yes, then yes, yes, because now 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 then continued to be in the room,” Packer said.ĭespite thinking Smith’s on-stage apology made the situation “truly better,” he admitted that the slap ruined the night. “All these people saw their friend at his absolute worst moment and were hoping they could encourage him and lift him up and he would somehow make it better,” Packer said. ![]() When the “King Richard” star accepted his Oscar statue Sunday night, he apologized to everyone - except Rock, which Packer noted was a missed opportunity. All these people saw their friend at his absolute worst moment and were hoping they could encourage him and lift him up and he would somehow make it better.” “I don’t think that they were people applauding anything about that moment. “I think that these people saw the person that they know and were hoping that somehow someway this was an aberration,” he continued, noting that the crowd hoped it was a “bit” concocted by Smith and Rock. Packer, 47, dismissed the criticism - and hypocrisy - of the standing ovation after Smith, 53, had slapped Chris Rock as an “aberration.” Doesn’t make anything he did right or excuse his behavior at all,” Packer said on “Good Morning America” Friday, “but I think the people in that room stood up stood up for somebody that they knew, who was a peer, who was a friend, who was a brother, who has a three-decades-plus career of being the opposite of what we saw in that moment.” “It wasn’t like this was somebody they didn’t know. Oscars producer Will Packer defended the standing ovation Will Smith received for his Best Actor win and said the actor aimed to make the tense situation “better” with his acceptance speech. Jada Pinkett Smith reveals she and Will Smith want to write a new book together Jada Pinkett Smith ‘healing the relationship’ with Will Smith, vows ‘to accept him for the human he is’ Will Smith surprises Jada Pinkett Smith onstage, calls ‘tumultuous’ relationship ‘brutal and beautiful’Īlyssa Farah Griffin slams Jada Pinkett Smith for ‘oversharing’ Will drama
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