Oscar-nominated director Jim Sheridan has branded Will Smith a “bit of idiot” for slapping Chris Rock on the Oscars stage – but said he doesn’t believe the Academy should take his gong off him.
Smith won his first Oscar at the Academy Awards on Sunday night for best actor for his role in biopic King Richard.
But just minutes before Smith won the prestigious award, he slapped comedian Chris Rock on stage and got into a verbal altercation with the star after Rock took aim at Smith’s wife, Jada Pinkett Smith’s hair loss as part of a G.I. Jane joke.
