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Scarlett O'Toole

Will Smith and family visit life coach as he's banned from Oscars after infamous slap

Will Smith was spotted paying a visit to life coach Jay Shetty over the weekend, after being banned from attending the 95th Academy Awards.

Following tradition, the 54-year-old actor should have been invited to this year's ceremony to present the award for Best Actress after taking home the Best Actor award in 2022.

However, Will was given a 10-year ban from attending the Oscars after storming onstage and slapping Chris Rock for a joke the comedian made about his wife Jada Pinkett Smith.

The Men In Black star was instead joined by his family as he went to visit 35-year-old Jay in Los Angeles.

Jay shared a snap of the meeting on Instagram, which saw him posing next to Will, Jada, Gammy Norris and Lauren London at his Love Rules show.

Will Smith met up with life coach Jay Shetty (jayshetty/Instagram)

A synopsis of the show reads: "Jay will take the audience on a journey of finding, keeping, and even letting go of love."

Sharing the snap on social media, the podcaster wrote: "SO GRATEFUL to all my friends who came to support my show."

He added: "I also want to THANK YOU for coming to the shows in your city!

"Feel so blessed to have had this amazing experience with tens of thousands of you so far and I have SO many stories to share with you from my travels."

Thanking fans for their support, Jay said: "We've laughed, we've cried, we've felt and we've healed together. I truly feel closer to all of you and I know you feel my love!"

Will's absence from the Oscars came after he slapped Chris for making a joke about his wife's bald head, which is caused by alopecia.

Will made headlines at last year's ceremony (AFP via Getty Images)

Chris had joked that Jada was rocking a "GI Jane" look, which made Will retaliate: "Keep my wife's name out your f***ing mouth!"

Oscars host Jimmy Kimmel made a cutting joke about the slap scandal at the Oscars ceremony.

"We want you to have fun. We want you to feel safe. And most importantly, we want me to feel safe. So we have strict policies in place.

"If anyone in this theatre commits an act of violence at any point during the show, you will be awarded the Oscar for best actor and permitted to give a 19-minute long speech."

He also took aim at the audience, adding: "If anything unpredictable or violent happens during the ceremony, just do what you did last year. Nothing."

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