After the Oscars slapgate, Andrew Garfield discloses who he was texting
Key Takeaways:
- Celebrities who witnessed the incident firsthand, including Andrew Garfield, who was seen on his phone, were caught on camera reacting.
- Will Smith has also been banned for the next ten years from attending any Academy event, including the Oscars.
Will Smith hitting slap at Chris Rock during the Academy Awards last month had quickly become the show's highlight. Will had smacked Chris for making a joke regarding his wife Jada Pinkett Smith's hair; an accident that occurred shocked so many people that they thought it was all part of a ruse. Meanwhile, cameras captured the reactions of celebrities who witnessed the incident firsthand, including Andrew Garfield, who was seen on his phone.
A photo of Andrew Garfield engrossed in his phone went viral on social media, prompting many fans to wonder who he was texting at the tense moment. He's finally admitted that he was answering his friends' many questions about what was going on at the event after the infamous slap.
During a recent appearance on the talk show The View, Andrew admitted, "I feel terrible because Kevin Costner is giving a beautiful and elegant introduction to the director nominees, and I'm thinking to myself, 'There's no way I'm going to be on camera during this.'
Everyone was texting me, asking how the room was, and my friends took precedence over Kevin. That makes me feel terrible." On the other hand, Andrew refused to comment on the incident, claiming that many people had already spoken about it. Will Smith has also been barred from attending any Academy event for the next ten years, including the Oscars.
Andrew recently announced that he would be taking a break from acting after a year of nonstop work. While this sparked speculation that he was leaving acting, he clarified on The View that this is not the case. "I don't understand where that came from," he clarified, "I'm just on vacation."
"I just said I'm going to take a break — like, take a vacation — and I think people are fabricating a story out of thin air. I've been working hard and enjoying what I've been doing, but I need to take a month or two off. I'm taking a month off. I'm not going anywhere."
Andrew rose to prominence as Spider-Man in the MCU films The Amazing Spider-Man (2012) and The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014) before making his return in Spider-Man: No Way Home last year (2021). Last year, the actor appeared in three films: The Eyes of Tammy Faye, Tick, Tick... Boom!, and Spider-Man: No Way Home. He recently completed the limited series Under the Banner of Heaven.