One of the three hosts of this year’s ceremony, Amy Sumer, said she was still “fired up and injured” by the incident and “is waiting for this disgusting feeling to go away from what we all saw”. Writing on Instagram, Schumer added: “I love my friend [Chris Rock] and believe me he handled it like a pro. He stayed up there and gave an Oscar to his friend [Questlove] and the whole thing was so disturbing. “So much pain inside [Will Smith]anyway, I’m still in shock, surprised and sad. “ On Monday, Smith posted a public apology to Rock on social media, saying, “I’m a work in progress.” This was followed by the required apology in the acceptance speech of the best actor later on Sunday night, defending his actions by saying “love makes you do crazy things”. Will Smith apologizes when he hit Chris Rock during the Oscars – video The academy said it would conduct a formal review of the incident, which would last “a few weeks” and then take “appropriate action”. Rock has not yet responded publicly to the incident, but has not made any allegations. Ticket sales for his upcoming tour have skyrocketed since Sunday night, with a market site saying it sold more tickets for the Rock tour on the night after the Oscars than last month. The price for the cheapest seats on the upcoming US and UK tour has risen by around 800%. Speaking on American television on Tuesday, Jim Carrey said that if he had been in Rock’s position on Sunday, he would have sued Smith for $ 200 million and that Smith should have been arrested. The applause that won the Smith’s Best Actor award later that night left Carrey feeling “sick,” he said. “Hollywood is just spineless and I really felt that this is a really clear sign that we are no longer the cool club.” The host, Gale King, further argued: “If anyone else had walked away from the audience and done so, they would have been escorted by security or perhaps arrested.” On Wednesday, Bafta officials said they would have been “removed [Smith] from the building “after the slap. “It’s just a complete red line for us,” said Sara Putt, chair of Bafta’s television committee and Bafta’s vice president. Others who have expressed their views on the incident in the last 24 hours are Isla Fisher, who posted a photo of her husband, Sacha Baron Cohen, with Rock, with love, and OJ Simpson, who said he thought Smith was “wrong”, but that he could “understand the feeling”.
