Is Will Smith Going To Be Allowed To Keep His Academy Award?

Will Smith finally won his first Academy Award for Best Actor in 2022.

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However, he may get it taken away.

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Mere minutes before he accepted his award, he had an altercation with Chris Rock.

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Rock insult Smith’s wife’s painful hair loss condition, known as alopecia.

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Will Smith went on stage and appeared to hit Chris Rock.

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According to the LAPD, Rock declined to press charges against him.

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However, the Academy set up a strict code of conduct in 2017.

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CEO Dawn Hudson said that membership is “a privilege offered to only a select few.”

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One insider revealed that Smith “would not want to give his Oscar back, but who knows what will happen now.”

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