Mila Kunis on Sitting During ‘insane’ Standing Ovation for Will Smith after Oscars Slap

Mila Kunis is opening up about the “no-brainer” of refusing, along with husband Ashton Kutcher, to give Will Smith a standing ovation at this year’s Oscars as he accepted the best actor for his role in “King Richard” shortly after slapping host Chris Rock for a joke made about wife Jada Pinkett Smith. “The idea of leading by example only makes sense when you actually have someone to lead,” the “That ‘70s Show” alum, 39, told C Magazine in a new.

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“We have our tiny little tribe here at home,” she said of daughter Wyatt, 7, and son Dmitri, 5, adding that “never once do I want to tell them to do something if I’m not willing to do it myself. Not standing up to me was a no-brainer, but what was shocking to me was how many people did stand up. I thought, wow, what a time we’re living in that rather than do what’s right, people focus on doing what looks good. It’s insane to me.”

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Smith slapped the New York-raised comedian after the latter compared Pinkett Smith’s shorter hair, due to alopecia, to “G.I. Jane 2.” The incident resulted in a formal review by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and a 10-year ban on Smith’s attendance at any academy events.

Kunis, who was born in Ukraine, and Kutcher earlier this year have raised close to $40 million to help those affected by the war in her home country — an act that placed the actress on Time magazine’s list of 100 Most Influential People of 2022.

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Though she identifies as American, having moved to the States at 7 and “assimilated so quickly,” Kunis said the war “gave me a sense of identity larger than being just American. Having kids changes your perspective.”She noted that she went from trying to be “more successful at work” to be “a person that I want my kids to admire.”

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“When the war broke out, my kids identified that Ukraine was a part of me before I did,” said Kunis, noting she doesn’t speak the language and only speaks a little bit of Russian. “They were like, ‘Mom, isn’t that where you’re from? Do we have family there? There’s a war happening — what are we doing about it?’”

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