Smith, who resigned from the movement image academy final week, says he respects and accepts the choice.
Will Smith has been banned from attending the Oscars for 10 years, the academy that palms out the awards introduced, lower than two weeks after the American actor slapped comic Chris Rock on stage.
After a gathering of its board of governors, the Academy of Movement Image Arts and Sciences mentioned on Friday that Smith additionally wouldn’t be allowed to attend some other occasions hosted by the academy throughout that interval.
“The 94th Oscars had been meant to be a celebration of the numerous people in our neighborhood who did unimaginable work this previous 12 months; nonetheless, these moments had been overshadowed by the unacceptable and dangerous conduct we noticed Mr. Smith exhibit on stage,” the academy mentioned in a press release.
Smith walked on stage through the 94th Academy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles on March 27 and slapped Rock after the comic likened the actor’s spouse, Jada Pinkett Smith, who has a shaved head, to the film character GI Jane.
Pinkett Smith has spoken publicly about her struggles with alopecia, an autoimmune situation that leads to hair loss, and her determination to shave her head.
A day later, Smith apologised to Rock. He additionally resigned from the academy final week, saying on April 1 that his actions had been “stunning, painful and inexcusable”.
At the moment, Smith mentioned he would “settle for any additional penalties” that the academy’s board deemed acceptable.
Academy governors convened on Friday morning to debate actions towards Smith, with board members Steven Spielberg and Whoopi Goldberg amongst these invited to rule on the actor’s destiny.
“I settle for and respect the Academy’s determination,” Smith mentioned in a press release on Friday after the ban was introduced.
The transfer means Smith is not going to be presenting one of many main awards at subsequent 12 months’s Oscars, as is custom for one of the best actor winner.
He took house that award for his efficiency within the tennis biopic, King Richard, lower than an hour after putting Rock on the identical stage.
The academy in its Friday assertion additionally expressed “deep gratitude to Mr. Rock for sustaining his composure beneath extraordinary circumstances” and apologised for its dealing with of the scenario.
“Throughout our telecast, we didn’t adequately handle the scenario within the room. For this, we’re sorry,” it mentioned. “This was a possibility for us to set an instance for our company, viewers and our Academy household around the globe, and we fell brief — unprepared for the unprecedented.”
Actors don’t have to be members of the Academy to obtain nominations, though annually’s Oscar nominees – and winners – are voted for by members of the group.
Some had referred to as for Smith to be stripped of his Oscar, however that was thought of unlikely, because the likes of Harvey Weinstein and Roman Polanski didn’t have their awards revoked once they had been expelled from the Academy within the wake of sexual assault allegations.