i don't think it was planned in advance. the main reason why i think this is that Will Smith is super rich and successful and until this incident had a pretty much perfect reputation, was liked by everyone in the industry and was loved by millions of fans all over the world. the people who think it was a publicity stunt really believe that Will Smith would willingly throw away his reputation and look like an idiot in front of the whole planet just so that the academy awards gets more views??? really? i'd like to know how they visualize that happening. how does the academy convince will Smith to ruin his reputations so that they get raitings? he already had everything, the money , the fame and the respect, what could they possibly offer him to make him do that? it makes no sense but some people just love conspiracies, if there is any possible way to think it might be a conspiracy they instantly believe it.
