Ricky Gervais has responded to the Academy’s 10-year ban on Will Smith’s attendance at future Oscars ceremonies.
Shortly after the decision was made public, Gervais reshared news of Smith’s punishment on Twitter with the caption: “Hopefully, he’ll only do 6 years with good behaviour.”
“You don’t hit someone over a joke, however bad it is – and it wasn’t bad!” he wrote on Twitter.
Gervais has been a reasonably prominent voice among celebrities in the aftermath of the Smith-Rock incident.