Jim Carrey says he was 'sickened' by the Oscars audience giving Will Smith a standing ovation after his Chris Rock slap

• Jim Carrey called the Oscars audience "spineless" for giving Will Smith a standing ovation.
• While on CBS Mornings, Carrey told host Gayle King he was "sickened by the standing ovation."

Jim Carrey is calling the Oscars audience "spineless" for giving Will Smith a standing ovation on Sunday night.

While appearing on CBS Mornings on Tuesday, Carrey shared with host Gayle King he was "sickened by the standing ovation."

"I felt like Hollywood is just spineless en masse and it really felt like 'oh this is a really clear indication that we aren't the cool club anymore,'" Carrey said.

Smith received a standing ovation after his acceptance speech when he won the Academy Award for best actor for his role as Venus and Serena Williams' father Richard Williams in "King Richard." The win came moments after one of the most shocking moments in awards-season history, when Smith hit comedian Chris Rock on the Oscars stage for making a joke about Jada Pinkett Smith while Rock was presenting the award for best documentary feature.

On Monday, Smith apologized to Rock in an Instagram post, saying he was "out of line" and "wrong" for hitting him. "I am embarrassed and my actions were not indicative of the man I want to be," Smith wrote in his apology.

In her interview with Carrey, King brought up how some people have been questioning the Academy's immediate response to the incident and allowing Smith to stay after he hit Rock, saying if anyone else had done what Smith did, they would've been escorted out by security or arrested. Carrey replied: "He should've been."

On Rock's decision not to file charges against Smith, Carrey said: "He doesn't want the hassle."

"I would have announced this morning I was suing Will for $200 million because that video is gonna be there forever," he said. "It is going to be ubiquitous. That insult is going to last a very long time."

The "Sonic the Hedgehog 2" star added: "If you want to yell from the audience or disapprove or say something on Twitter, but you do not have the right to walk up onstage and smack somebody in the face because they said words."

Carrey is among several celebrities who have voiced their opinion on the matter, including Tiffany Haddish, Serena Williams, and Judd Apatow.

The incident has also led to the Academy launching a formal review into Smith's actions at the Oscars.