Mila Kunis Reveals Why She Chose To Remain Seated During Will Smith’s Controversial Oscars Win

Will Smith won his archetypal Oscar little than an hr aft helium walked connected signifier and slapped Chris Rock at the 94th Academy Awards. While helium received a lasting ovation from astir the full country arsenic helium emotionally strolled backmost onto the signifier to judge his Best Actor trophy for portraying Richard Williams in 2021’s King Richard, not everyone chose to emergence successful his honor. Two radical who opted to stay successful their seats were Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher, and successful an Oct. 7 interrogation with C magazine, the histrion explained why.

“The thought of starring by illustration lone makes consciousness erstwhile you really person idiosyncratic to lead. We person our tiny small people present astatine home, and ne'er erstwhile bash I privation to archer them to bash thing if I’m not consenting to bash it myself,” she explained. Her “little tribe” includes her and Ashton’s adorable children, Wyatt, 8, and Dimitri, 5. The 39-year-old Friends with Benefits star continued, “Not lasting up to maine was a no-brainer, but what was shocking to maine was however galore radical did basal up. I thought, wow, what a clip we’re surviving successful that alternatively than bash what’s right, radical absorption connected doing what looks good. It’s insane to me.”

Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis get astatine the 2022 Oscars (Photo: Stephen Lovekin/Shutterstock)

As fans know, the 54-year-old histrion decided to smack the 57-year-old comedian aft helium made a gag about Jada Pinkett-Smith‘s bald head. Will’s slap was a blistery taxable for rather immoderate clip aft it occurred, with fans and celebrities alike giving their blistery takes connected the matter and wondering what benignant of repercussion Will would look — if any. The Academy decided connected a plan of action conscionable nether 2 weeks aft the incident, which was dubbed “The Slap Heard Around The World”. In the April 8 announcement released by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences President David Rubin and CEO Dawn Hudson, they wrote, “The Board has decided, for a play of 10 years from April 8, 2022, Mr. Smith shall not beryllium permitted to be immoderate Academy events oregon programs, successful idiosyncratic oregon virtually, including but not constricted to the Academy Awards.” They went connected to condemn the carnal battle arsenic “unacceptable and harmful behavior” and expressed their “gratitude” for however Chris handled the shocking situation.

Will broke his silence connected the lawsuit successful July via a lengthy apology video helium shared connected YouTube. He spoke astir the “personal work” helium had done implicit the months pursuing the lawsuit and past apologized straight to Chris. “I’ve reached retired to Chris and the connection that came backmost is that he’s not acceptable to speech and erstwhile helium is, helium volition scope out. So I volition I volition accidental to you, Chris, I apologize to you. My behaviour was unacceptable,” Will said.

Will Smith slapped Chris Rock astatine the 2022 Oscars (Photo: Rob Latour/Shutterstock)

Meanwhile, Mila has recovered herself successful the headlines rather a spot implicit the past twelvemonth implicit assorted statements regarding her idiosyncratic opinions and wide life. At the extremity of September, she told E! News that her household has an open-door policy. “That includes the bathroom,” she revealed. “It’s conscionable 1 of those where, for amended oregon for worse, arsenic a household and the kids person each benignant of embodied bodily relation arsenic a precise modular norm.”

A twelvemonth prior, she made headlines for revealing that her kids don’t ablution each day. However, she defended the practice portion on The Ellen DeGeneres Show and said she showers her assemblage each time and that her “intent each time is to bathe [her] children.” She noted, though, that sometimes, it’s conscionable not that simple. “I aftermath up each day, like, ‘Today I’m going to ablution my kids.’ And past bedtime happens, and I forgot to provender them…” Mila is surely not the lone parent who has struggled to instrumentality to a choky docket with small ones moving around!