{"id":27465,"date":"2022-05-25T07:48:42","date_gmt":"2022-05-25T07:48:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedailyherald.co.uk\/uncategorized\/chris-rock-was-firm-that-he-didnt-want-lapd-to-intervene-in-will-smith-slap-oscars-producer-says\/"},"modified":"2022-05-25T07:48:42","modified_gmt":"2022-05-25T07:48:42","slug":"chris-rock-was-firm-that-he-didnt-want-lapd-to-intervene-in-will-smith-slap-oscars-producer-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedailyherald.co.uk\/entertainment\/chris-rock-was-firm-that-he-didnt-want-lapd-to-intervene-in-will-smith-slap-oscars-producer-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris Rock was firm that he didn&#8217;t want LAPD to intervene in Will Smith slap, Oscars producer says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Will Smith slaps Chris Rock during the 94th Annual Academy Awards on Sunday at Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (Photo: Neilson Barnard\/Getty Images)Will Smith left Sunday&#8217;s Oscars ceremony with the Best Actor award for his performance in King Richard, but he could have left in handcuffs.In his first interview since the awards show, Oscars producer Will Packer told Good Morning America that Chris Rock, whom Smith slapped during a shocking moment of the broadcast, had been adamant Smith not be punished by police.&#8221;They were saying, &#8216;This is battery,&#8217; was the word the&#8230; Click below to read the full story from Yahoo Movies UK<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/uk.movies.yahoo.com\/chris-rock-will-smith-oscars-slap-lapd-police-arrest-will-packer-interview-002009251.html?src=rss\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Will Smith slaps Chris Rock during the 94th Annual Academy Awards on Sunday at Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. 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