Overview
- On March 27, 2022, Will Smith walked onstage at the Oscars and struck Chris Rock after a joke about Jada Pinkett Smith, an episode that led the Academy to ban Smith from its events for 10 years.
- Rock told Variety that he “wished nothing would have happened” and said he does not want the slap to distract from his new film, Misty Green.
- He said the only circumstance in which he would attend the Oscars is if he earns a nomination for his work on Misty Green.
- Rock indicated he likely will not host the Oscars again and said he prefers to let current hosts keep the job.
- Misty Green, which Rock wrote and directed and which stars Rosalind Eleazar, is set for TIFF and awards-season release and is driving his current public focus.