in the u.s. and all over the world. tonight, the academy condemning smith s actions in a new addinge officially started a formal review around the incident and will explore further action and consequences. the slap coming after chris rock made this joke about smith s wife, jada pinkett smith, and her shaved head. jada, i love you. g.i. jane 2, can t wait to see it, all right. reporter: smith, laughing at first. his wife jada clearly not happy with the joke. oh, that was a nice one. okay. reporter: will smith leaving his seat, walking up to the stage and right up to chris rock. oh, wow. reporter: the audience stunned. some there and at home wond wondering, could this have been part of the show? audio of the confrontation cut in the u.s., not abroad and not online. will smith just smacked the [ bleep ] out of me. keep my wife s name out your [ bleep ] mouth. wow, dude. yeah.
breaking news. a heated, divided meeting, we are told just took place between at least a dozen members of the academy of arts and sciences over this. jadjada, i love you. g.i. jane 2 i can t wait to see it. wow. wow. will smith just smacked me. keep my wife s name out your [ bleep ] mouth. wow, dude! yes! it was a g.i. jane joke. keep my wife s name out of
slapped chris riock across the face after he made a joke about his wife, jada pinkett smith s hair. she suffers from alopecia. stephanie elam was at the oscars and reports on how the academy awards are responding to a shocking incident. reporter: a slap to the jaw that had jaws dropping all around the world and today cnn has learned from two sources at least a dozen academy members including actors and directors held their own meeting whether more should be done after will smith confronted chris rock on stage. jada, i love you. g.i. jane 2, can t wait to see it. reporter: at first smith appeared to laugh. but watch jada pinkett smith s face. their mood changes as the joke sinks in. oh, wow. wow.
saying in part, i would like to publicly apologize to you, chris. i was out of line and i was wrong. i am embarrassed and my actions were not indicative of the man i want to be. the slap on live tv in front of millions, following a joke aimed at jada pinkett smith, who shaved her head last july after a years-long public battle with hair loss. it s unclear if rock knew about her condition. jada, i love you. g.i. jane 2, can t wait to see it, all right? keep m rr: in ology, smith saying, jokes at my expense are a part of the job, but a joke about jada s medical condition was too much for me to bear and i reacted emotionally. overnight, smith s mother telling our station wpvi in philadelphia the on stage violence surprised her and was uncharacteristic of her son. that s the first time i ve ever seen him go off. i ve never seen him do that.
at northwestern mutual, our version of financial planning helps you live your dreams today. find a northwestern mutual advisor at nm.com just an embarrassing moment at last night s academy awards when the actor will smith walked on stage and hit chris rock in the face. this is just moments after the comedian made a joke about his wife s hair. here is that moment. jada, i love yeah. g.i. jane 2, can t wait to see it. [ laughter ]. oh, wow. wow. will smith just smacked the [ bleep ] out of me.