Two months after the second has handed Steve Harvey has spoken about Will Smith slapping Chris Rock on the Oscars.
Throughout a talking engagement at Georgia State College (with preliminary reporting by Atlanta Journal-Structure who lined the occasion), Harvey mentions how the slap was a “punk transfer” and he’s “misplaced plenty of respect for him.”
He didn’t maintain again his emotions in regards to the state of affairs and talked about how religion has helped him clear up issues in a non-violent manner. “I’m a Christian, however I’m actually undeveloped. I don’t have high-level Christianity. On a scale of 1 to 10, I’m like a 2. That’s the extent of Christianity I can work on,” Harvey mentioned. “You slap T.D. Jakes, he’ll flip the opposite cheek. You slap me? If you happen to sit again in your seat, Jada [Will’s wife] must transfer out of the best way. That’s the kind of Christian I’m.”
In April, Smith submitted a resignation to the Academy, and subsequently, the Academy launched a letter banning the actor from any Academy associated occasions for 10 years–and he accepted the phrases. “I settle for and respect the Academy’s resolution,” Smith mentioned in a succinct assertion quickly after AMPAS made their POV public.