Watch: LAPD was 'prepared' to arrest Will Smith after Chris Rock slap

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• Will Smith would have been charged for battery after he slapped Chris Rock in response to a joke made about his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith.

Packer, who produced Sunday's ceremony, told Good Morning America in an interview pre-released on Thursday that LAPD officers were willing to arrest Will Smith.

He would have been charged for battery after he slapped Chris Rock in response to a joke made about his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith.

However, Rock wasn't interested in taking further action and was "dismissive" about his options during a conversation backstage.

"They were saying, 'This is battery.' That was the word they used in that moment.

They said, "'We will go get him. We are prepared. We will go get him right now. You can press charges. We can arrest him.'"

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