Chris Rock will not press charges against Will Smith for slapping him on stage at the 2022 Academy Awards.
In a statement obtained by E! News, the Los Angeles Police Department said their “investigative entities are aware of an incident between two individuals during the Academy Awards program. The incident involved one individual slapping another. The individual involved has declined to file a police report. If the involved party desires a police report at a later date, LAPD will be available to complete an investigative report.”
E! News has reached out to reps for Rock and Smith for comment and has not heard back.
During the March 27 event, Rock, 57, took the stage and made a joke about Smith’s wife, Jada Pinkett Smith—who shaved her head after suffering from alopecia—saying, “Jada, I love you. G.I. Jane 2, can’t wait to see it, all right?”
While the audience laughed, the Girls Trip actress, 50, rolled her eyes, prompting Smith, 53, to leave his seat, march on stage and slap the comedian in the face. Once he returned to his seat, the I Am Legend actor yelled to Rock, “Keep my wife’s name out your f–king mouth.”
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