Michael Bay says he doesn't care about Will Smith slapping Chris Rock when 'there are babies getting blown up in the Ukraine'

• Bay said "I really don't care," when Yahoo asked him to react to the slap.
• "There are babies getting blown up in the Ukraine right now," he added.

Michael Bay doesn't have time to think about Will Smith slapping Chris Rock at the Oscars. He's more focused on world events.

"I don't really care," Bay told Yahoo when asked to comment about the slap as he directed Smith on 1995's "Bad Boys" and the sequel "Bad Boys II" in 2003.

"Hollywood gets very self-absorbed," the director said while promoting his latest movie "Ambulance." "There are babies getting blown up in the Ukraine right now. We should be talking about that."

Bay said he didn't watch the Oscars, but added that he has since seen the incident.

"I thought it was set up because I saw the smirk," Bay added. "I've been on set when Will screws with people, joking with people. Listen, it was a slap. It wasn't a punch. He's very good at fighting, all right? He's trained at that. He was mad."

Smith has since released an apology statement, describing his behavior at the awards show as "unacceptable and inexcusable." Days after the statement, the actor resigned from The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which holds the Oscars.