Oscars Producer Will Packer Says LAPD Was ‘Prepared’ to Arrest Will Smith After He Slapped Chris Rock
Will Smith could have been arrested and detained at the end of Hollywood's greatest night. Will Packer, the Oscars producer, spoke to Good Morning America about Smith's onstage attack on Chris Rock at the 94th Academy Awards. Packer told T.J. Holmes of GMA that he did not talk with Smith the night of the incident, but that he had communicated with both Rock and the Los Angeles Police Department, which was fully "prepared" to arrest Smith. "They were saying, 'You know, this is batteries,'" said one of them at the time. We'll go grab him, they said. We have everything we need. We're all set to capture him right now. Packer said in a preview of the interview, which airs Friday, "You may press charges, and we can arrest him." "They were outlining the possibilities." And as they were conversing, Chris seemed dismissive of those possibilities. 'No, no, no, I'm alright,' he said. Even to the point of saying...