Will Packer: I wasn’t part of conversations asking Will Smith to leave Oscars

Oscars 2022 executive producer Will Packer said he had not “been part of” any conversations asking Will Smith to leave the ceremony after he slapped Chris Rock. After the incident, fellow producer Shayla Cowan approached him and said they were about to “physically remove Will Smith” but because he hadn’t been included in those discussions, he prevented it from happening. “I immediately went to The Academy leadership that was on site and said, ‘Chris Rock doesn’t want that,’” Packer recalled on “Good Morning America” Friday. “I said, ‘Rock has made it clear that he does not want to make a… Read Full Article