The "King Richard" star infamously struck Chris Rock on stage during the 2022 telecast, moments before Questlove won his first Oscar.

In recent years as the social media scrutiny intensifies and criticisms become borderline unhinged, many celebrities have ...

In July 2024 Smith took over the stage at the 2024 BET Awards in his first major solo performance since the infamous Oscar slap. Following his surprise gig at Coachella, the Bad Boys star ...

This marked his return after the 2022 slap incident during the 94th Academy ... The incident was quickly followed by Smith winning the best actor Oscar and taking the stage again for a tearful ...

Smith, for his part, was the charming movie star we thought we knew, before the handsy monster of Oscar night took over ... "It felt like [The Slap] was Will Smith going for the first time ...

The 57-year-old joked about the whole situation ... "If Will Smith - all he had to do was run out on that red carpet and slap Kanye, I think all would be forgiven. He would be hosting the Oscars ...

The slap sat front and center at Monday's Oscar nominees luncheon ... He smiled widely as he posed for photos with his old "War of the Worlds" and "Minority Report" collaborator Steven Spielberg ...