Will Smith Joins Oscars Boycott

Will Smith has joined his wife and other celebrities that are planning of boycotting the Oscars due to its lack of black actors in it nomination.

The Concussion actor broke his silence this morning about the controversy surrounding his wife’s proposed Oscar boycott, saying that he also won’t be attending this year’s ceremony because he believes that Hollywood is going in the wrong direction when it comes to diversity.

Will had an interview with Robin Roberts and that was when he shared his thoughts on this year’s overwhelmingly white Academy Award nominations, and his wife Jada Pinkett Smith’s videotaped call to action. He said “I think that diversity is the American superpower. That's why we're great. So many different people from so many different places adding their ideas, their inspirations, their influences to this beautiful American gumbo. … so when I look at the series of nominations of the Academy, it is not reflecting that beauty”

A growing number of Hollywood heavyweights, including Spike Lee, Michael Moore and George Clooney, have publicly criticized the Academy for failing to nominate people of color in any of the major acting categories this year.