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.
the fact that they asked him to leave might help in a lawsuit but the fact remains they could have removed him just like they would if a seat filler had jumped up and smacked someone on stage. It was a unknown environment for Rock who had no idea if Smith had gone completely nuts and would attack him again.
BS.... Security and/or police would have removed the person in any other situation...
Cut to a commercial, remove him, and go on...
BS excuse.