Over a dozen interviews with people who were at the Oscars, or had direct knowledge of what transpired, bring clarity to what really happened between Will Smith, Chris Rock and the academy.
Bradley Cooper comforts Will Smith during the 94th Academy Awards.
“The academy thinks they want you to leave,” she said, standing next to Smith. “What are you feeling?” At no point did Hudson or Rubin speak directly with Smith. Later, some would second-guess the academy’s decision to delegate O’Sullivan to be the emissary. Said another former Oscars producer who was in attendance that night, “I’m sure the people who were making those decisions were really trying to quickly weigh the options in the best way they could — and meanwhile, it’s ‘tick, tick, tick, tick’ the whole time. But everyone loves to complain about the academy, and everybody woke up Monday morning with a pure point of view on how they would have handled this differently.
But sources close to Rock insist the comedian was never consulted. And, as the academy saw it, it wasn’t Packer’s call to make.When the show took its third commercial break since The Slap — the last pause before the lead actor award would be given — O’Sullivan returned to Smith’s side, discussing what he might say should he win. While they were speaking, a source said, Packer came racing across the room with that urgent message: “Officially, we don’t want you to leave. We want you to stay.
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