Pedro Almodovar Says Will Smith Acceptance Speech ‘More Like That of a Cult Leader’
Spanish director Pedro Almodovar attends the 2022 Vanity Fair Oscar Party following the 94th Oscars, on March 27.
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Two-time Oscar winner Pedro Almodovar has said Will Smith's Oscars acceptance speech was "more like that of a cult leader".
The Spanish director said he refused to let the altercation between Smith and comedian Chris Rock be "the protagonist of the evening" and that it had produced in him "a feeling of absolute rejection".