Smith appeared to strike Rock at Sunday night time’s ceremony after the comic made a joke about his spouse Jada Pinkett Smith’s shaved head as he offered the Academy Award for greatest documentary.
When Rock quipped: “Jada I really like you, ‘G.I. Jane 2,’ cannot wait to see it,” the digicam lower to Pinkett Smith, who rolled her eyes. The “Pink Desk Speak” host has been open about her battle with alopecia, an autoimmune dysfunction that results in hair loss.
Following the joke, Smith walked onto the stage and seemingly hit Rock, earlier than telling him to “depart my spouse’s title out of your f**king mouth.”
Throughout his emotional speech, Smith apologized to the Academy and his fellow nominees for the incident however didn’t point out Rock by title.
The LAPD confirmed on Monday that Rock declined to file a police report.
“LAPD investigative entities are conscious of an incident between two people through the Academy Awards program,” the division advised CNN in a press release. “The incident concerned one particular person slapping one other. The person concerned has declined to file a police report. If the concerned occasion needs a police report at a later date, LAPD can be obtainable to finish an investigative report.”
CNN has contacted Rock’s representatives for additional remark.