David Rubin, president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, told the board on Wednesday that he was conveying a meeting originally scheduled for April 18 this Friday at 9 a.m. PST. “Following Mr Smith’s resignation from the Academy on Friday, April 1, the suspension or expulsion is no longer possible and the legal schedule is no longer valid.
“It is in the interest of all those involved to be dealt with in a timely manner,” he wrote in a letter. The board has some penalties that could result. They could make Smith unfit for future awards or bar him from attending future ceremonies temporarily or permanently. They could also remove Smith, 53, from the Academy Award for Best Actor, which won less than an hour after the attack on stage – although the last time the board canceled an award was more than 50 years ago. The board of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will meet this Friday to discuss how to punish Will Smith for his attack on stage against Chris Rock at this year’s Oscars. Above, Smith dances at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party in Los Angeles on March 27 Academy President David Rubin postponed a meeting originally scheduled for April 18 this Friday, citing Smith’s recent resignation from the Academy. Above, Rubin at the Governors Awards 2022 Infamous: Smith slapped Rock after he made a joke about his wife Jada’s bald head during the presentation of the best documentary at the Oscars last Sunday Rubin, president of the Academy, said the meeting was originally scheduled for April 18 to give Smith enough notice, which is no longer necessary, according to Variety, which first published Rubin’s letter. The virtual meeting will take place via Zoom. The Academy has canceled only one Oscar. In 1969, he discovered that the documentary Young Americans, which won Best Documentary that year, had actually been released in 1967. Smith resigned from the Academy on Friday, calling his actions during the ceremony “shocking, painful and unforgivable” and adding that he would accept any punishment imposed on him by the board. “The list of those I have hurt is long and includes Chris, his family, many of my best friends and loved ones, everyone present and the global audience at home,” Smith said. “I betrayed the trust of the Academy. I deprived other candidates and winners of the opportunity to celebrate and be honored for their outstanding work. “I am heartbroken.” Although the board could technically take back its statuette – given for the role of tennis coach Richard Williams to King Richard – there is little precedent for such a drastic move. Speaking to The View the day after the March 27 ceremony, actress Whoopi Goldberg, the current Actress’s Academy leader, defended Will’s actions, saying “sometimes you misbehave.” Smith slapped Rock, 57, in front of the world on a live television broadcast after the comedian made a joke about the hair loss of Smith’s wife, Jada Pinkett-Smith, caused by alopecia. Pinkett-Smith supported her husband after he defended her, going on stage to hit Rock Whoopi said on Monday’s show: “I think there were a lot of things that were probably created. “I think he reacted too much. I think he had one of those moments that was like [God damn] just stop. I understand, not everyone behaves the way we would like to act under pressure. And it broke … “Sometimes you get to a point where you behave badly. “I myself have behaved badly at times.” Whoopi co-host Sunny Hostin said she was “surprised [Will] he was not led out, “and wondered if there was a possibility that Smith’s Oscar would be removed. Whoopi replied: “We are not going to take this Oscar from him. “I’m sure there will be consequences, but I do not think they will do that, especially since Chris said, ‘Listen, I’re not accusing.’ Apology: Will has since apologized in an Instagram post, saying he was “ashamed” of his actions, which shocked attendees, producers and viewers. Speaking to Us Weekly, an anonymous expert said that Pinkett-Smith wishes her husband would never slap Rock. “He was in the heat of the moment and was overreacting,” the source said. “She knows that, she knows that too. “They agree that he reacted too much.” They also claimed that Pinkett Smith “is not a wall flower” or “one of those women who needs protection”. “He did not have to do what he did,” they added. Rock, on the other hand, has barely faced the onslaught of his stand-up concerts. Appearing in surprise at Comedy Cellar in New York on Tuesday night, Rock said, “Lower your expectations, I’m not going to face this s ***,” a source told Page Six. Earlier that day, he was spotted walking alone in the city. The 57-year-old comedian walked with his hands in his bomber jacket on Tuesday morning. Meanwhile, Kenny’s 42-year-old younger brother told the Los Angeles Times that he has trouble repeatedly watching the now infamous moment for his brother since last week’s Oscars. He said Smith should be removed from the Best Actor trophy. Difficult times: Chris Rock was seen looking melancholy on a solo outing in New York on Tuesday after his brother hit Will Smith and said the Academy should take away his Oscar “It eats me”: Meanwhile, Kenny’s 42-year-old younger brother told the Los Angeles Times that he had trouble repeatedly watching the now infamous moment involving his brother at last week’s Oscars Bond: Chris appears with brother Kenny in an Instagram post He said: “It eats me to watch it over and over again because you have seen a loved one being attacked and there is nothing you can do about it. “Every time I watch the videos, it’s like an interpretation that keeps going through my mind over and over again.” Kenny continued to express his disgust for the actions of the list A actor. He said: “My brother was not a threat to him and they just did not respect him at that moment. “You just dropped him in front of millions of people watching the show.”