Oscars producer Will Packer says Chris Rock didn't want Will Smith to be removed from the Academy Awards ceremony following the awards show slap
But as Smith -- angered by a joke Rock told about Smith's wife, Jada Pinkett Smith -- yelled obscenities from the audience before he walked on stage to confront Rock, Packer realized it was real. "Once I saw Will yelling at the stage with such vitriol, my heart dropped," Packer told ABC's"Good Morning America's" TJ Holmes in an exclusive interview that aired Friday."And I just remember thinking, 'Oh no. Oh, no. Not like this.
" Smith portrayed the famed boxer in the 2001 film"Ali." The show was going well up until the point of the slap, Packer said, and he credited Rock's composure with having helped salvage the remaining portion of the show."Because Chris handled the moment with such grace and aplomb it allowed the show to continue," Packer said.
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