Will Smith breaks silence over Oscar slap, apologises to Chris Rock: ‘I’m here whenever you are ready to talk’
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Smith, who won the Best Actor Oscar for King Richard, said he’s “deeply remorseful” for slapping presenter Chris Rock after the latter made fun of his wife Jada Pinkett Smith.
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Smith answered some questions that have been doing the rounds of the internet. The actor began by answering the question – “Why didn’t you apologize to Chris Rock in the acceptance speech?”
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Smith replied he reached out to Rock, who wasn’t “ready to talk”. He further said, “I will say to you, Chris, I apologise to you. My behavior was unacceptable.”
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Will Smith apologised to Chris and his family. The video begins, “It's been a minute... Over the last few months, I've been doing a lot of thinking and personal work.“
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Chris Rock poked fun at Jada Pinkett Smith‘s hair-loss, being unaware that she suffers from alopecia. This infuriated Will Smith who walked up to the Oscars stage and slapped Rock.
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Will Smith added that his wife Jada Pinkett Smith had nothing to do with the slap. He said, “I made a choice of my own from my own experiences and from my history with Chris.”
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Smith also mentioned how his Oscar win got “tarnished” because of his own misdoing. “it breaks my heart to have stolen and tarnished your moment..”
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