The letter from Academy President David Rubin and CEO Daybreak Hudson says the group is engaged on a “willpower” on “applicable motion” for Smith, which may “take a couple of weeks.”
Smith has come underneath hearth for storming on stage throughout Sunday night time’s Academy Awards and slapping presenter Chris Rock after he made a joke about Smith’s spouse, Jada Pinkett Smith.
The letter says the method will probably be carried out in a way that’s each expedient and respectful of all concerned whereas sustaining the requirements of the Academy.
As beforehand reported by CNN, the Academy’s Board of Governors is holding their annual post-Oscars assembly Wednesday, with Smith’s slap being their “fundamental precedence,” in accordance with a supply near the method.
That assembly is anticipated to happen within the afternoon.
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