superstar will smith banned by the academy from attending the oscars for ten years for the now infamous slap heard around the world. that was a okay. i m out here, uh-oh. [ laughter ] oh, wow. wow. reporter: the decision to ban smith for a decade came after a meeting friday of the board of governors of the academy motion picture arts and sciences. a board member telling cnn there was, quo, tons of debate on what the consequences for smith should be. i m a little surprised that he got a tone-year ban but i m not surprised this is the way they went. i knew they would give i believe they had would give a long-term ban. i thought, three, five years. because i think it was incumbent on them to send some kind of message that this was actual punishment that there would be account eight. reporter: an uncensored feed from a japanese network shows how chris rock and will smith
despite will smith s appologies and his resignation from the academy, the academy was under extraordinary pressure to send a message here. tonight, oscar winning superstar will smith banned by the academy from attending the oscars for ten years. for the now infamous slap heard around the world. that was a nice one. okay. i m out here uh-oh. oh, wow. wow. the decision to ban smith for a decade comes after a meeting today of the board of governors of the academy of motion picture arts and sciences. a board member telling cnn there was, quote, tons of debate on what the consequences for smith should be. i m a little surprised that he got a ten-year ban, but i m not surprised that this was the way they went. i knew they would give, i believed they would give a long term ban. i thought maybe three, five years. because i think it was incumbent on them to send some kind of message that this was actual