Will Smith

While many have defended Will Smith, there are also calls for him to be stripped of his Oscar and questions have been raised about what his outburst at the ...

"I hope the Academy invites me back," the star said at the end of his Oscars acceptance speech. There are calls for the star to be stripped of his award and questions have been raised about what this means for his career. It would be a shame to think this one moment that seemed totally out of character comes to define him. But only a few people will truly know what has been happening at home to lead to his response. Alopecia is a frightening, traumatic illness to deal with, one that women especially feel afraid and sometimes even ashamed to talk about, and Pinkett Smith has no doubt suffered. On Tuesday, Labour's deputy leader Angela Rayner told Sky News that Smith had set a bad example for young people and rightly pointed out that it would not be accepted in most other industries. Collecting his best actor statue after the outburst, Smith was cheered by what seemed to be the majority of the audience inside the Oscars venue, despite the almost unbelievable events that had stunned the crowd into silence not long before. He has twice been nominated for best actor at the Academy Awards before his third-time-lucky win. His role model image is what made the incident all the more shocking. But thanks to social media, millions have watched his outburst, the slap and the furious swearing that followed. "There will be consequences, I'm sure, but I don't think that that's what they'll do... After initially saying simply that they don't condone violence and moving quickly on, the Academy has now launched a formal review of the incident.