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>> i thought okay, he is going to come at him, something funny is gonna happen because thats the nature of chris and thats the nature of will. >> reporter: but then -- >> that was -- that was a nice one. okay. im out here -- uh-oh. oh, wow. wow. >> reporter: then -- >> keep my wifes name out your [ bleep ] mouth! >> im going to. okay? >> once i saw will yelling at the stage with such vitriol, my heart dropped. and i just remember thinking, oh, no. oh, no. not like this. and chris was keeping his...

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...

>> not concerned. >> i figured, okay, you know, hes gonna say something, come at him you know, something funny is going to happen, because thats the nature of chris. and thats the nature of will. so lets see what happens. >> reporter: what actually happened, he told our t.j. holmes, was no joke. >> oh, wow. wow! will smith just smacked the [ bleep ] out of me. >> reporter: that now infamous moment coming after an unscripted joke about smiths wife jada pinkett smiths shaved head. >> jada, i love ...

First-time oscars producer, will p packer says in a new interview that he thought so too. >> i thought it was a bit like everybody else. once i saw will yelling at the stage with such vitriol, my heart dropped. >> reporter: packer says he rushed over to rock as he exited the stage. >> i said, did he really hit you? and he looked at me, and he goes, yeah. he goes, yeah, i just took a punch from muhammud ali, as only chris can. he was immediately in joke mode, but you could tell he was very much s...

Stunned the audience by slapping comedian chris rock. as cbs jericka duncan reports, smith was nearly arrested on the spot.me about what happened moments after sundays infamous oscar slap. >> the l.a.p.d. came and needed to talk to chris. they were saying, "this is battery. we will go get him. we are prepared. were prepared to get him right now. you can press charges. we can arrest him." >> reporter: but he says rock declined to press charges and made light of the moment by saying... >> i just 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...