The Academy Responds After Will Smith, Chris Rock Incident

NEW YORK – FEBRUARY 25: Overview of Oscar statues on display at “Meet the Oscars” at the Time Warner Center on February 25, 2010 in New York City. (Photo by Andrew H. Walker/Getty Images)

The Academy released their statement via Twitter regarding the incident between Will Smith and Chris Rock.

They wrote, The Academy does not condone violence of any form.

Tonight we were delighted to celebrate our 94th Academy Awards winners who deserve this moment of recognition from their peers and movie lovers around the world.

Chris Rock and Will Smith have spoken and resolved the issue, this according to Diddy.

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