The Board of Governors for the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences has rescheduled it’s meeting to take a decision on sanctions against Will Smith for his actions at Oscars.

David Rubin, President of Academy, stated in a letter, “I am calling a board meeting for this Friday morning, April 8, at 9:00 am PT, rather than the previously scheduled April 18 meeting, to address possible sanctions for Will Smith in response to his actions during the Oscars broadcast on March 27,”

“The April 18 date was set in accordance with California law and our Standards of Conduct because our agenda included possible suspension or expulsion of Mr. Smith from membership,” the letter reads. “We were required to provide Mr. Smith notice 15 days prior to the board meeting at which such action might be taken, and also give him the opportunity to provide the board a written statement no less than five days prior to that meeting.”

He further wrote, “It is in the best interest of all involved for this to be handled in a timely fashion,”.

Will Smith slapped Chris Rock after he made a joke about Will Smith’s wife Jada Pinkett Smith’s close-cropped hair from the Oscars stage.

Will Smith won the Oscar for best actor in the same event.