Will Smith Was Allegedly NOT Asked To Leave The Oscars After All

Will Smith was apparently not asked to leave the Oscars after all?

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Sources told TMZ that Will Smith was never asked to leave.

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On Wednesday, the Academy says they asked Smith to leave and he “refused.”

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However, that seems to go against what Whoopi Goldberg said on “The View” on Tuesday.

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She said that he was allowed to stay because they were considered to the reaction of an explanation asking him to leave.

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“I believe [producer] Will Packer made the right decision,” she said.

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“He said let’s get to the rest of this so we can deal with it wholeheartedly,” she continued.

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Sources told TMZ that Packer approached Smith around 8 PM PT, saying, “We do not want you to leave.”

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Will Smith accepted his first-ever Best Actor Oscar about five minutes later.

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