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"&lt;p&gt;The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) has confirmed that comedian Chris Rock has &amp;quot;declined to file a police report&amp;quot; following an altercation with Oscar winner Will Smith at the 94th Academy Awards.&lt;/p&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;p&gt;Smith, who later won the Oscar for Actor in a Lead Role, took to the stage and smacked Rock after the comedian made an insensitive joke about Jada Pinkett Smith, reports &amp;#39;Variety&amp;#39;.&lt;/p&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;p&gt;A full statement from the LAPD reads: &amp;quot;LAPD investigative entities are aware of an incident between two individuals during the Academy Awards programme. The incident involved one individual slapping another.&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;p&gt;Referring obviously to Rock, it adds: &amp;quot;The individual involved has declined to file a police report. If the involved party desires a police report at a later date, LAPD will be available to complete an investigative report.&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;p&gt;According to &amp;#39;Variety&amp;#39;, while presenting the award for the best documentary feature, Rock made a joke about Pinkett Smith&amp;#39;s shaved head by comparing it to the look of Demi Moore in the 1997 movie &amp;#39;G.I. Jane&amp;#39;.&lt;/p&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;p&gt;Rock said he couldn&amp;#39;t wait to see Pinkett Smith, who has alopecia (a medical condition that results in abnormal hair loss), star in &amp;#39;G.I. Jane 2&amp;#39;, which led Smith to go up on stage and slap Rock. Smith returned to his seat and shouted: &amp;quot;Keep my wife&amp;#39;s name out of your f****** mouth!&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;p&gt;Smith later issued an apology in his tearful acceptance speech. The actor said: &amp;quot;I want to apologise to the Academy. I want to apologise to all my fellow nominees. This is a beautiful moment and I&amp;#39;m not crying for winning an award. It&amp;#39;s not about winning an award for me. It&amp;#39;s about being able to shine a light on all of the people.&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;p&gt;In between the slap and his best actor win, Smith met with Denzel Washington. The eGlory&amp;#39; and eTraining Day&amp;#39; Oscar winner offered Smith the following advice: &amp;quot;At your highest moment, be careful, that&amp;#39;s when the devil comes for you.&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;p&gt;Pinkett Smith announced last year that she had shaved her head after struggling with alopecia. After Rock made his &amp;#39;G.I. Jane&amp;#39; joke, she was seen not laughing and rolling her eyes.&lt;/p&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;p&gt;She wrote on Instagram last year: &amp;quot;Now at this point, I can only laugh ... y&amp;#39;all know I&amp;#39;ve been struggling with alopecia ... Mama&amp;#39;s gonna have to take it down to the scalp so nobody thinks she got brain surgery or something. Me and this alopecia are going to be friends ... period!&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;\r\n"
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