’s carefully scripted apology to over the slap that shocked the world may have come too late to save his Oscar dream, movie insiders said last night.Almost a day had passed before Smith, 53, issued a stock ‘crisis management-style’ message saying sorry to Rock for striking him on live TV during the ceremony.But the apology on social media yesterday failed to quell calls for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to strip the star of the best actor award he collected just 20 minutes after the assault – or even kick him out. Crisis meetings, which began within minutes of the slap, continued across all day as the industry tried to work out what to do.
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