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Will Smith left viewers utterly gobsmacked on Sunday after he leapt on stage and slapped Chris Rock round the face - just minutes before winning an Oscar

Meanwhile, the actor's mother weighs in on her son's actions, and wife Jada Pinkett Smith calls for healing

Will Smith may have won an Academy Award for King Richard, but his achievement has been completely overshadowed by his slap.

The fallout from the Oscars continues after Will Smith, who won best actor for his role in the film King Richard, slapped comedian Chris Rock for making a joke about his wife

Will Smith hit the headlines for all the wrong reasons on Sunday night, when he physically assaulted comedian Chris Rock on stage during the Oscars, after the comedian made a joke about Jada Pinkett’s hair

Actor Will Smith has issued a public apology to Chris Rock after slapping the comedian at the Oscars.

LOS ANGELES — One day after Will Smith struck Chris Rock across the face during Sunday night’s 94th Academy Awards, the shock waves from what some were calling “the slap heard around the world” continued to reverberate throughout Hollywood.

LOS ANGELES — In 2002, Halle Berry made history at the Oscars, becoming the first Black woman to win lead actress, for "Monster's Ball" — an achievement yet to be duplicated. It was the following year's Oscars, though, that jumped to mind Sunday during what's already being called "the slap…

Actor says attacking the comedian was ‘out of line’ and calls violence of all kinds ‘poisonous and destructive’