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Veteran Actor Says Will Smith Must Return His Oscar, Slams 'Toothless Penalty'

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences was slammed by a veteran actor who urged Will Smith to return his Oscar.

The academy banned Smith from attending the Oscars for the next decade over his assault on Chris Rock at the awards show. Smith left the academy.

The member of the academy who has appeared in series include Billions and The Blacklist.

He said he would return the Oscar.

Smith needs to return the golden trophy to the Academy and publicly state that he does not feel worthy of being its custodian.

He took issue with Smith's comments in the aftermath of the assault, which included a teary remark about being overwhelmed by what God is calling him to do and be in this world.

The most upsetting thing to me was his reference to the influence of a higher power and the Academy's decision not to expel Smith from the ceremony.

Smith received his Oscar less than an hour after he had slapped Rock on stage.

Smith's brutality stripped the entire evening of its prestige when stunned Oscar attendees gave a standing ovation to someone who just committed an assault.

Some commentators had heated reactions to the take.

The senior awards editor of Variety disagreed with the notion, noting that other Hollywood elites have committed horrible crimes and kept their awards.

I'd like to say that I vehemently DISAGREE with this entire notion.

Will Smith didn't bring "shame" upon the statuette and to suggest otherwise when CONVICTED RAPISTS were bestowed the same statuette AFTER pleading guilty for their crimes, is an exercise in severely BAD TAKES. https://t.co/gunJKYWQQZ

On April 9, 2022, byClaytonDavis, he will stand with.

Roman Polanski pleaded guilty in 1977 to having sex with a minor. He was kicked out of the academy for winning the director Oscar for The Pianist.

Harvey Weinstein, a convicted rapist, was also expelled from the academy but has not been stripped of his 1999 Best Picture Oscar for Shakespeare in Love.

Last year, a number of critics noted that the director was accused of abusing his power and creating a toxic work environment.

Smith walked onstage and hit Rock for making a joke about Jada Pinkett Smith's shaved head.

The op-ed is in Variety.

The article was originally on HuffPost.

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