{"id":1414225,"date":"2022-04-01T07:16:56","date_gmt":"2022-04-01T11:16:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1414225"},"modified":"2022-04-01T07:16:59","modified_gmt":"2022-04-01T11:16:59","slug":"will-smiths-corporate-partners-remain-silent-following-oscars-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/will-smiths-corporate-partners-remain-silent-following-oscars-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"Will Smith\u2019s Corporate Partners Remain Silent Following Oscars Attack"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwill-smiths-corporate-partners-remain-silent-following-oscars-attack%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1414225&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">The fallout from Will Smith physically assaulting Chris Rock at the Oscars will impact more than just Smith\u2019s Hollywood career. Corporate partners who have allied themselves with Smith and his charitable foundation now face brand safety concerns over the actor\u2019s newly toxic public image.<\/p>\n<p>Breitbart News reached out to companies including Lyft, Spotify, and Paramount, which\u00a0have hitched their wagons to the foundation created by Will Smith and his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith. The Obama Foundation is also a partner of the charity, known as the\u00a0Will &#038; Jada Smith Family Foundation.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<div id=\"attachment_20472059\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2022\/03\/willsmtihmichelleobama1.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Host Will Smith (L) and First Lady Michelle Obama onstage at Nickelodeon\u2019s 25th Annual Kids\u2019 Choice Awards held at Galen Center on March 31, 2012 in Los Angeles, California. (Kevork Djansezian\/Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>In addition, Will Smith recently teamed up with Adidas to create a line of footwear inspired by the series\u00a0<em>The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>None of the companies would comment on whether or not they will cut ties with Smith and his family, even though at least three of them haven\u2019t been shy in the recent past about voicing their positions on controversial political and social issues.<\/p>\n<p>In the weeks ahead, these brands must decide if they want to continue their association with Smith and his charity, now that the actor has become radioactive following his onstage attack of Chris Rock during the recent Oscars telecast.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p><strong><em>***LANGUAGE WARNING***<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This type of thuggish behavior has no place in civilized society. Will Smith needs to be charged for assault. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MydlQBTqBT\">pic.twitter.com\/MydlQBTqBT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Brigitte Gabriel (@ACTBrigitte) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ACTBrigitte\/status\/1508294636670009344?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 28, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The motion picture Academy has condemned the assault and is considerinng disciplinary action, which could include Smith\u2019s expulsion from the prestigious organization.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are upset and outraged that those moments were overshadowed by the unacceptable and harmful behavior on stage by a nominee,\u201d Academy leaders <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/entertainment\/2022\/03\/29\/academy-announces-inquiry-into-will-smith-will-take-a-few-weeks\/\">said<\/a> in a statement.\u00a0\u201cTo be clear, we condemn Mr. Smith\u2019s actions that transpired Sunday night.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_20472347\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/oscarswillsmtihleave1-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-20472347\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/oscarswillsmtihleave1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Will Smith attacked Chris Rock during the live Academy Awards Broadcast. Smith shouted \u201ckeep my wife\u2019s name out your fucking mouth.\u201d Smith was allowed to stay at the ceremony, won Best Picture, and delivered a six-minute speech, in which he didn\u2019t apologize to Rock. (Robyn Beck\/Getty Images\/ABC)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Smith\u2019s peers in Hollywood are also cautiously distancing themselves from the star after giving him a standing ovation on Sunday for his <em>King Richard<\/em> Oscar win. Celebrities including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/clips\/2022\/03\/29\/jim-carrey-on-oscars-will-smith-standing-o-hollywood-is-spineless-not-the-cool-club-anymore\/\">Jim Carrey<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/entertainment\/2022\/03\/30\/director-ron-howard-shocked-will-smith-assaulted-chris-rock-i-wouldnt-have-expected-this-kind-of-behavior\/\">Ron Howard<\/a> and Oscars co-host Wanda Sykes have publicly spoken out against Smith\u2019s actions.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p><strong><em>Watch below:\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Publicly available tax documents show Smith\u2019s family foundation is primarily funded by money from a trust that is apparently controlled by the couple, who has put in an average of $1.6 million each year for the last three years. The charity handed out close to $800,000 in donations to various causes in 2019, including the Academy Foundation, which is a division of the motion picture Academy.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>The Smith family foundation was created in 1996 with the goal of making the world \u201cbetter because we touched it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lyft currently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wjsff.org\/our-initiatives\/lyft-up\/\">partners<\/a> with Smith\u2019s foundation to provide ride share credits for \u201cunderserved communities\u201d in Newark, Los Angeles, and Flint, Michigan. Paramount, Spotify, and the Sundance Institute <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wjsff.org\/our-work\/arts-education\/\">work with the foundation<\/a> on its \u201carts and education\u201d initiative for minorities, as does the Obama Foundation.<\/p>\n<p>Corporations are notoriously risk-averse when it comes to protecting their brand from bad publicity. Some of the same companies that still support Smith\u2019s foundation have previously caved to the woke mob by publicly taking political and social stances.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B4\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>Spotify recently apologized for its handling of the Joe Rogan controversy after the mainstream media and left-wing activists launched a pressure campaign attempting to get Spotify to deplatform the massively popular \u201cJoe Rogan Experience.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Spotify even pledged to spend $100 million \u00a0to promote diversity, though it continues to host Rogan\u2019s podcast.<\/p>\n<p>In 2020, Paramount\u2019s parent company <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/entertainment\/2020\/06\/09\/cops-cancelled\/\">caved<\/a> to the \u201cdefund the police\u201d movement by cancelling the long-running series <em>Cops<\/em>, which had most recently aired on the Paramount Network.<\/p>\n<p>The same year, Adidas issued a statement in which it publicly supported Black Lives Matter, saying \u201cremaining silent is not a neutral position.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Follow David <\/em><em>Ng on Twitter\u00a0<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HeyItsDavidNg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">@HeyItsDavidNg<\/a>. Have a tip? Contact me at\u00a0<a class=\"c-link x5l\" href=\"mailto:dng@breitbart.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">dng@breitbart.com<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The fallout from Will Smith physically assaulting Chris Rock at the Oscars will impact more than just Smith\u2019s Hollywood career. 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