Following Will Smith’s controversial slap at the Academy Awards, the actor is said to be seeking help through therapy.
According to a recent story from Entertainment Tonight, the 53-year-old Best Actor Oscar winner is currently undergoing therapy, months after hitting Chris Rock on stage at the 2022 Academy Awards.
“He has been going to therapy after the Oscars incident,” a source informed Entertainment Tonight on Thursday of the actor, who made headlines around the world for his reaction toward the Chris Rock at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California, on March 27.
Rock cracked a joke on Jada Pinkett Smith’s shaved head at the Oscars, saying, “Jada, I love you, G.I. Jane 2, I can’t wait to see it,” referring to the 1997 film in which Demi Moore shaved her head.
Will Smith then stormed the stage and slapped Rock before going back to his seat and shouting twice, “Keep my wife’s name out of your f***ing mouth!”
Later that evening, Smith apologized to the Academy and other nominees but made no mention of Rock in his acceptance speech after winning the Best Actor Oscar for his role as tennis father Richard Williams in King Richard.
Will later resigned from the Academy, which then stated that he would be barred from attending any Oscars-related event for the next ten years.
