In an open letter to the Academy “family”, David Rubin, President, and Dawn Hudson, CEO, explained the reasoning behind their decision.
They said the 94th Oscars ceremony was “meant to be a celebration of the many individuals who did incredible work this past year”.
“However,” they added, “Those moments were overshadowed by the unacceptable and harmful behaviour we saw Mr Smith exhibit on stage”.
The duo also apologised for failing to deal with the incident properly at the time.

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