People here are still convinced it was fake.
But it wasn’t fake -
Academy has responded saying they asked him to leave and he yelled “I’m not goin!” Rather than see further outbursts they let him remain
However they are meeting to deptermine “punishment’ and if or not he will keep the Osacar or not.
True! I guess, in their minds, there’s NO POSSIBLE WAY an “esteemed Hollywood elite actor” could ever be sooooo insecure as to have an irresponsible, unhinged, emotional, overboard reaction and outburst. Ha!
To be fair, I was confused about it at first. However, as a former TV Producer who has done live Tech Director (multi camera directing & switching) work (ironically for the DNC), I thought that there's no way that a seasoned TD would miss switching to cameras that would pick up the Smith's "staged" reaction to his wife's reaction and then leaving his chair. Also, purposefully planning to break FCC rules is another move that's too risky for the sanctimonious Academy that jealously guards their brand.