In a surreal moment, on Hollywood's biggest night, with millions of eyes watching, Will Smith stormed the stage at the Oscars to respond to comedian Chris Rock's joke about his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, with a hard slap to the face.
While few knew how to react in the moment, since then, little else has been discussed by anybody, anywhere.
Now, less than 24 hours after the event that marred and overshadowed Smith's own Oscar win — as well as every other Oscar winner's night — the Independence Day star has finally issued an apology to Rock.