The board of governors member weighed in on the much-discussed moment from Sunday night's Academy Awards on Monday's 'The View.'
Earlier, Goldberg theorized on what may have provoked Smith’s behavior. “I think it was a lot of stuff probably built up,” she said, noting there had been numerous jokes about Smith and wife Jada Pinkett Smith over the past few years, including Rock’s 2016 jabs. “I think he had one of those moments where it was just like, ‘Just stop.’ I get it, not everybody acts the way we would like them to under pressure. Some people just snap. He snapped.
Goldberg praised the show overall, including the work of its three hosts — Regina Hall, Amy Schumer and Wanda Sykes — and producer Will Packer. In December of 2017, following its expulsion of Harvey Weinstein, the Academy’s board of governors approved
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