Will Smith says he will "accept and respect the Academy's decision" to ban him from the Oscars for a decade. Smith says he will take his punishment from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences without any protest. Smith slapped Chris Rock after he made a joke about his wife Jada Pinkett Smith's alopecia at the 94th Academy Awards last month. The 53-year-old actor reportedly said, "I accept and respect the Academy's decision."