At the March 27th ceremony, Smith walked on stage and struck Rock after Rock made a joke about Smith's wife, actress Jada Pinkett Smith. In the subsequent weeks, the incident has been picked apart by news media, podcasts, and virtually everyone across social media. Smith would go on to win the Oscar for Best Actor, apologizing to the Academy--but not to Rock--in a tearful acceptance speech. In the fallout that ensued, Smith resigned from the Academy, before the Academy announced his ban.
50 said the Academy Awards aren't that big a deal anyway.