Will Smith resigns from Academy | Nightline



Less than a week after Will Smith shocked the world by slapping Chris Rock during the Oscars, the star resigned from the Academy. Smith said he betrayed the institution’s trust.

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42 comments

  1. Looking at Jada, I'm like what was that character's name on Star Trek again…, 😆🤣😂😹 !!!

  2. Will Smith is the biggest d-bag in Hollywood. A spoiled brat of a man who's so lost in his own ivory tower it's like he never even grew up. I'm sorry but there's no excuse for anyone living the life of Will Smith to slap anyone for telling the worst joke ever told. What a weakling. Dump that "wife" and grow up dude.

  3. Dude thus guy whose saying making fun of hair is violence. Needs to get a mental checkup. This happens all over the world. And infact jada is going bald because if all the wings and the abuse to her scalp she has done by ironing her hair and put hot iron. There also she lied

  4. Will Smith's branding has been tarnished. He may lose commercial endorsement and movie role offers.

  5. This is revenge for the embarrassment of the Academy for her Oscars So White accusations. They waited and waited waited and BAM…Gotcha back.

  6. Sorry don't feel bad for Will or his wife. Millions suffer from this, without $$$
    She claimed she still loved herself regardless yet acted otherwise.
    Little girl. Make up your mind. Even one who you're gonna sleep with at this age.. come on already .

  7. Don't let blacks like will Smith change your attitude towards black actors just don't go to any of wills movies and he will slowly fade away..

  8. Typical Hollywierd idols, especially the bald boy in that strange green dress.

  9. “There can be a hundred people in the room, and 99 won’t slap you, but one WILL.”

  10. Shouldve locked his up

  11. Maybe by resigning Will smith is hoping that will be enough to appease the Academy and the public. He actually loses very little by doing this, just the right to vote. No big sacrifice for him. Jada still has all her membership rights.

  12. Stupidest thing I ever heard "hair man"…..how was anyone supposed to know about her hair???

  13. Alopecia may lead to psychological consequences, including high levels of anxiety and depression and Chris should have aimed his jokes at the actors not at a ladies unfortunate condition

  14. The Black men's that are they.

  15. Jada's head looks like a dirty, algae covered rock

  16. Women who get into entlanglements with other men while in a relationship were called whores back in the good ole days 😂Now we call it an “Open marriage”. The only thing that’s open is her you-know-what😂😂😂

  17. i have been hearing about this literally everyday, i feel like it's not that serious. Will was wrong. Rock didn't know Jada was going through this condition ; i didn't know Jada was going through this until the Oscar slap. Will should be a man step up and apologize correctly to Chris Rock so that everyone could see it. it's childish to go on with talking about this for a week when worst things are happening

  18. Even when Puffy tried to neutralize the tension in the room Will had to receive validation from his wife so he can laugh safely. 🙄

  19. They were laughing at the joke….Chris didn’t know she had a disease ⚠️

  20. Don’t try to defend what happened. Will was wrong! Chris was the better man

  21. [Around 5:16] Sorry, words aren't violence and violence by Antifa isn't protest or freedom of speech. Stop gaslighting us, MSM/Corporate media.

  22. That little line of hair is not alopecia! Sorry but she is wrong! That is from glue or braids from her choice of weave or a wig!!! Get a clue woman!!

  23. Lz granderson is just trying to justify Wills actions.

  24. He shoukd be stripped if his most recent awards that night. As a man you do this behind stage, not infront of national tv.
    He could have also brought awareness to Alopecia patients by explaining it to him Live on Air vs maybe ruining his career. Thats definitely not the first time hes open handed slapped a male or female. I understand it was his wife but if he had informed while Live it'd shame him and hed probably apologized to Mrs Smith and Will.

  25. That production guy is just trying to cover his butt. You don't ask someone to leave who is violent. You escort them out. Producers set up things like security, he dropped the ball on this.

  26. This man is lying through his teeth,if the police wanted to arrest him ,they could have but Chris said no,so they claim that they ask him to leave and he refused to do so,but if that was truth all they had to do was escort Will out,but they didn’t do such thing!!!

  27. what about jada? when your husband is laughing at a joke then literally 5 seconds later he's slapping someone after you rolled your eyes, something is up. you know she had something to do with it.

  28. That breaks my heart I’m proud of will smith for doing that
    Sometimes people deserve a good slap

  29. Sick how they all were laughing knowing that Chris was not aware of what was going on we all know this was a two-way street situation but, I just wish Jada would have reached out and grabbed Will’s arm before he went up on that stage to protect him as well. She never protects him. She could have used her power as his wife to calm him down before things got to this point. Not because she wouldn’t have wanted to be defended and protected by her man (as all women do). But because her role as his wife is to protect the heart of her man as well. Chris Rock has @/nvld non-verbal learning disorder, they have trouble reading emotion in facial cues and body language, so they often don’t know what’s going on in social interactions. Notice Rock smiled while Smith approached him, smiled until his face was impacted. Literally. Jada needs to be checked because she has not been a Good Wife to Will ! Private or Public she has made this clear from that affair she has with August 🤦🏾‍♀️. She is a Narcissist playing victim card ! Having a show called the Red Table talk for others to fix their behavior when she needs to do some Root Work /Shadow work her dammm self and YES I said it JADA smith you have embarrassed your family long enough no disrespect…. I'm sure you and will have had amazing memories and love at some point but Gaslighting him on National TV, the biggest night of both of y’all lives! You looked at him with a side eye waiting for him to do something ! You did not Care for his Accomplishments! Your family ! You were again Selfish just like the typical Narcissist would be😌I’m calling it for what it is 💯

    This was not okay Because for 1 Chris has an Learning Disability which hinders him from daily social interactions

    2. Sticks and stones might break my bones but what ….Words will NEVER hurt me

    This was a selfish move on the Smiths behalf period 👎🏾 Will have been under Jadas Spell for 2 long @/sheistheproblem

  30. OOOOH PULEEEASE! Jada has the slightest case of Allopecia! I lost it in clumps and it was weirdly itchy and change color. I think she messed up trying to shave her own head! I've done that too! But I'm not a self absorbed celebrity.

  31. This is one dysfunctional family. Just check out all of their social media. Just confirms Will Smith was channeling his "violent alcoholic" father.

  32. Will Smith is no angel.. no excuse for VIOLENCE. people stop looking for excuses for what will did

  33. Now there is only one star left, not two, and it isn't Mr Smith the blabbermouth narcissist bully.

  34. So Jada the Hut is driving this bus? The Open Marriage Hut? What would the Smyths do in days of Don Rickles, Joan Rivers… ? Buncha prima donna whackos.

  35. Will Smith 🤢 no excuse for violence!

  36. Bad marriage for life? 😭 What a flex

  37. Resign also as Jada's:
    Attack Dog
    Cash Cow
    Emotional Punching Bag
    And…I screw someone, you sit still, watch and shut up = Emasculated Puppy

  38. ABC and CNN give excuses to will 😅

  39. Will you Wanka. It's fine for you to make fun continuously of other people but when the tables are turned you behave like a spoilt 4 year old. Hang your head in shame. You could have handled this so differently and in a mature way. Chris was by far the better man, taking your slap way better than you can take a comment. I hope you never get an acting role ever again. From hero to zero in my books.

  40. Will Smith is more unhappy than he realises. He’s actions revealed the state of his mind.