Less than two weeks after the now-infamous Oscars slap, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences banned actor Will Smith from any Academy event, including the Oscars, for 10 years.
An editorial in the Boston Herald referred to the Academy's response with selective outrage as producers like Harvey Weinstein, whose years of sexual misconduct was an open secret in Hollywood, has collected over 80 Academy Awards for his films, and directors like Roman Polanski, who fled the U.S. in 1978 after pleading guilty to raping a 13-year-old girl, won the Oscar for best director in 2003. The Academy gave his win a standing ovation.
Weinstein enjoyed membership and attended the Oscars for years until the national fallout from multiple allegations of sexual assault prompted the Academy to expel him, and it took a big Variety investigation before the Academy revoked cinematographer Kimmel's membership. That being said, critics are also now comparing the slap to two other instances of inappropriate televised behavior during award shows like Adrian Brody's improvised kiss of Halle Berry during the 2003 Academy Awards and Jim Carrey's non-consensual kiss of Alicia Silverstone during the 1997 MTV Awards.