It has been over a week now the world witnessed the infamous Oscar-based slap of Will Smith but it seems the consequences of the rash and brash behavior of Will Smith are not ending anytime soon.
In every action, there are consequences, whether good or bad.
It has been reported that Will Smith has lost a lot of gigs, upcoming projects, businesses, and opportunities and subjected himself to unnecessary public attention and criticisms due to this uncivilized action of his.
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It is reported that Netflix and Apple+ have both pulled out of the bidding war of the Will Smith upcoming movie project titled Biopic which is a movie based on the star’s best-selling autobiography after he slapped Chris Rock at the Oscars.
Also, season four of the everyone loved movie “Bad Boys for Life” which stars Will Smith and Matt Lawrence as the major characters that is in the development stage is also said to have been halted by Sony, the owners of the franchise following the Oscars scandal of Will Smith.
Netflix has reportedly also put on hold the production of its planned action thriller movie Fast and Loose, which stars Will Smith. The director of the movie David Leitch is said to have pulled out of the project following Will Smith’s scandal.
The Men in Black the movie which is due to be shown on Apple TV in a few months is also reported to be delayed its release following the Will Smiths Oscar slap.
Will Smith going forward won’t be able to vote for the Oscars or attend special Academy events in the future as he has willfully resigned from the Oscar academy following his bad behavior at the award night.
The Academy is also still considering suitable disciplinary action to melt on Will following his uncivilized action at the Oscars award night.
All these lost opportunities and businesses would have been the least of his worries if Chris Rock decides to presses criminal charges against him but it seems Chris Rock intentionally and masterfully left him to his fate and handed him over to the court of social media, the court of the public option and the court of the public prosecution.
For the record, nobody is criticizing Will Smith for standing up for the woman he loves. It is an adorable and heroic act but we are against the method he applied. I for one won’t take it likely if those I love are subjected to unnecessary public attacks and made a board of silly jokes in events and ceremonies but engaging in physical assault is the crudest and most uncivilized way of going about it.
What if Chris Rock had retaliated against Will Smith’s slap, they would have turned the Oscar awards into Wrestlemania.
Actions have consequences and for every action, there are repercussions, especially in a civilized society like the USA.
Will could have gotten away with it unharmed if this happened in some African or third world country where anything and everything goes but this is America.