'They were saying, you know, this is battery, was a word they used in that moment,' Oscars producer Will Packer said in an interview with ABC News.
LOS ANGELES — Oscars producer Will Packer said Los Angeles police were ready to arrest Will Smith after Smith slapped Chris Rock on the Academy Awards stage.
People are also reading… In the longer version on"Good Morning America," Parker said he initially believed the slap was an orchestrated bit."I thought it was part of something that Chris and Will were doing on their own. I thought it was a bit. I wasn't concerned at all." The academy said in a statement that"Mr. Smith's actions at the 94th Oscars were a deeply shocking, traumatic event to witness in-person and on television."
On Monday, Smith issued an apology to Rock, the academy and to viewers, saying"I was out of line and I was wrong."
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