Whoopi Goldberg is confident that Will Smith's career is "going to be fine" after the actor slapped Chris Rock at the Oscars.
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During "The View" on Monday, Whoopi Goldberg and her co-hosts discussed a report suggesting that development on the Oscar winner's upcoming films, including Netflix's "Fast and Loose" and "Bad Boys 4," has been paused after the controversy in March. 27th.
Goldberg, a member of the Academy's Board of Governors and former Oscar host, said she believes her career will come back.
- “Some of Will Smith’s future projects are in question,” she said. “The question is, does he have a way back? Yes, of course, it does! He'll be fine. He will be back. No problem."
His co-host Ana Navarro added that the slap shouldn't "define your career" and no one should be judged by their "worst moment."
- “That will stay with him for the rest of his life. It will be in his obituary. This is not going to end,” said Navarro. “But should this define your life? Should it define your career? No, absolutely not. So I think Netflix and all of them are making a mistake, and I hope they reconsider, because we should be able to separate his art from what he did.”
Elsewhere, Smith's "Bad Boys" director Michael Bay was asked about his reaction while promoting his new film "Ambulance." He argued that there should be more important topics, such as the war in Ukraine, dominating the headlines.
- “First of all, it’s wrong to begin with. That's all people are talking about and I really don't care. Hollywood gets very self-centered. There are babies being blown up in Ukraine right now. We should be talking about this, so I don't really care," he told Yahoo!, before noting that the slap was out of character.
- “He’s not that guy. I've never seen him lose his cool like that,” said Michael Bay.
Smith apologized for his “inexcusable and unacceptable” behavior during the Oscars and resigned from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
