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Morning america, he thought so too. >> i thought it was a bit like everybody else, once i saw will yelling at the stage with such vitreol my heart was robbed, said did he really hit you? he said yeah, i just took a punch from mohammad ali as only chris can. he was in joke mode, but could tell he was very much still in shock. >> reporter: smith played the ba boxer in the 2001 film, ali. cnn obtained new video from a seat filler inside the oscars, showing a new video of the incident, filmed this t...

Their extraordinary work. >> reporter: its become one of the most famous and controversial moments in oscars history. >> will smith just smacked the [ bleep ] out of me. >> reporter: it wasnt just oscars viewers who initially thought the moment will smith slapped chris rock might have been staged. the man running the entire show, first time oscars producer will packer says in a news interview with good morning america said he thought so, too. >> i thought it was a bit like everybody else. once i...