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#Will Smith still hasn’t reached out to Chris Rock after Oscars slap: report

“Will Smith still hasn’t reached out to Chris Rock after Oscars slap: report”

Will Smith resigned from the film Academy in an apologetic letter Friday but has yet to reach out to Chris Rock after slugging the comedian in the face at the Oscars, a new report says.

“He still hasn’t called Chris, I’m told,” movie-industry insider Matthew Belloni wrote on Puck on Friday — five days after the stunning on-stage prime-time attack.

Smith had only Zoomed with Academy Awards CEO Dawn Hudson and President David Rubin on Tuesday — and the exchange lasted mere minutes, the report said.

Smith briefly apologized to the honchos to “implicitly try to smooth things over in advance of the board meeting on his accountability,” the outlet said.

It then surfaced that Hudson claimed she and Rubin had asked Smith to leave the ceremony but that he refused. Smith’s team pushed back on that account, Belloni said.

Shortly after slugging Rock that night, the mega-star went on to receive the Oscar for best actor for the flick “King Richard.”

Belloni said four sources involved with the awards show told him the Oscars honchos informed Smith’s publicist among others at the time that they wanted him to leave, although they didn’t tell the star directly.

The publicist then went back to Smith and told him the show’s higher-ups wanted him out of the theater, and she eventually returned with his response: Smith didn’t want to leave but would think about it, Belloni said.

Will Smith arrives at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party on Sunday, March 27.
Will Smith had also refused to leave the theater after reportedly being asked to by officials.
Evan Agostini/Invision/AP

Smith not only remained for the rest of the show, he partied afterward.

Oscars officials have come under fire for failing at the time to directly address the embarrassing fiasco that shocked millions of viewers in real time.

Rock has declined to press charges against Smith, at least to date, and not even addressed the stunning smack at a series of stand-up shows this week.

The former “Fresh Prince of Bel Air” strode up to Rock and delivered the blow after the Brooklyn native lampooned his wife Jada Pinkett Smith’s short hair. The actress suffers from alopecia, a condition that impairs hair growth.

Will Smith, right, hits presenter Chris Rock on stage
Smith has since apologized for the slap and resigned from the Academy.
Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP

After first laughing at the gag, Smith suddenly leaped from his chair after seeing his wife’s displeasure and ran on the stage and belted Rock.

Belloni ripped Academy officials for not forcing Smith to leave the event — and said Hollywood remains trapped in an enabling culture that fosters bad behavior.

“The whole episode — and the enablement that caused it to happen — has an end-of-days feel,” he wrote.

 

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