Co-host Wanda Sykes says Will Smith shouldn't have been allowed to collect his Academy Award

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Wanda Sykes says she was “traumatized” by Will Smith‘s physical and verbal attack on Chris Rock at last Sunday’s Academy Awards.

While shooting an upcoming appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Sykes, who co-hosted the 94th Annual Academy Awards with Regina Hall and Amy Schumer, told Ellen “I’m still a little traumatized by it. It was sickening. I physically felt ill.”

“For something to happen like what happened with Will and Chris, it takes away from so many things,” said DeGeneres, a former Oscars host herself.

“Absolutely,” Sykes agreed.

“It took away from Questlove‘s win, it took away from the Williams family…,” Ellen