Writing on Instagram, Schumer added: “I love my friend [Chris Rock] and believe he handled it like a pro.
On Wednesday, officials from the Bafta said they would have “removed [Smith] from the building” following the slap.
On Monday, Smith posted a public apology to Rock on social media, saying: “I am a work in progress.”
Two days on from Will Smith slapping presenter Chris Rock at the 94th Academy Awards, following a joke about his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, and Hollywood appears united in feeling Smith deserves substantial reprimand for his actions.