Oscars producer says LAPD was prepared to arrest Will Smith after he slapped Chris Rock.
In an interview with ABC’s “Good Morning America” set to air Friday, Packer detailed what is alleged to have happened after Smith struck Rock in a spectacle watched by millions.
“They were saying, you know, ‘this is battery’ was the word they use in that moment,” Packer said in the interview, part of which aired Thursday on ABC’s “World News Tonight.” “They said: ‘We will go get him. We are prepared. We’re prepared to get him right now. You can press charges. We can arrest him,’” Packer said. “They were laying out the options, and as they were talking, Chris was — he was being very dismissive of those options. He was like, ‘No, I’m fine.’ He was like, ‘No, no, no.’”01:38Rock said he was looking forward to seeing Pinkett Smith in"G.I. Jane 2.
In 2018, Pinkett Smith revealed that she had been diagnosed with alopecia, a condition that causes hair loss. The film “G.I. Jane” stars Demi Moore as a woman who shaves her head during military service.
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