Chris Rock and Will Smith will go down in Oscar history Star of one of the most controversial award shows, after the actor hit the comedian after making a bad joke about his wife.
As if that wasn’t enough, after the scene The Academy awarded him the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in King Richard. Decision that was heavily criticized. Now, almost two weeks after the event, The academy announced this will veto the actor for the next 10 years.
Although the decision affected more than one The truth is, Will Smith isn’t the only celebrity to have been rejected from the academy.
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Who got kicked out of the Academy Awards before Will Smith?
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Awards excel a short list of banned celebrities. Next, what are they:
- Carmine Caridi: He was the first actor in history to be expelled from the academy. He vetoed it in 2004 after being accused of pirating the films participating in the awards.
- Kevin Spacey: After receiving 30 allegations of sexual abuse, Spavey was barred from the Oscars by academy officials.
- Harvey Weinstein: Weinstein was also banned from the academy over allegations of sexual abuse. In fact, the famous producer is currently in prison for it.
- Adam Kimmel: The cameraman was removed from his post after allegations of sexual abuse of minors.
- Bill Cosby: He was expelled in 2018, a month after he was found guilty of sexually assaulting former basketball player Andrea Constand.
- Roman Polansky: After the #MeToo movement pressured the academy to ban Polanski for having sex with a minor in 1977, the academy responded with a 2018 ban.