Whoopi Goldberg Warns There Will Be ‘Consequences’ For Will Smith

On “The View” on Tuesday, Whoopi Golberg accepted Will Smith’s apology.

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Will Smith famously slapped Chris Rock at the Oscars on Sunday night.

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However, she warned that there will be “consequences” for Smith.

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Whoopi Goldberg is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science Boards of Governors.

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She said, “There are big consequences because nobody is OK with what happened.”

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She also stated that “there were people there for Chris” after the incident.

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Chris Rock spoke with LAPD that night and decided not to press charges.

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She said that producers decided not to remove Smith and deal with the situation later.

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Whoopi Goldberg agreed that producers had made the right call.

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