Without a doubt, one of the most epic moments that the 2022 Oscar Awards gala left us was the controversial slap that Will Smith gave comedian Chris Rock after the latter made a bad joke about Jada Pinkett Smith’s alopecia. This reaction cost the protagonist of The prince of rap in Bel-Air be banned from the Academy for 10 years.
Despite the fact that four long months have passed since that event and how much has been rumored that Chris Rock has not responded to the apologies that Will Smith has made both to him and his family, a few hours ago, the interpreter of J in the saga of men in black He shared a video on his Instagram account in which he narrates what happened that day, how he felt about his actions, and once again apologizes to the comedian.
Returning to the controversy that was witnessed on the 2022 Oscars stage, in the recording, Will Smith was open to discuss the subject with whom he maintained a friendly relationship before attacking him. In addition, he answered several questions that people have asked themselves throughout this time, among which was why he did not apologize during his acceptance speech when receiving his award for Best Actor.
But that’s not all, the actor stated that in recent months he has thought a lot about the matter and mentioned that the only thing he remembers is that at that time he was overloaded and that everything was blurry, so he accepts that he was wrong and finds himself embarrassed by his reaction.
In addition, he said that he sent a message to Rock, in which he apologized for his offense and although the response he received from the comedian was that at that moment he was not ready to talk about it, Smith hopes that when he feels ready, they can Talk it over and resume your friendship.
The protagonist of the tape I’m legend He also said that at the time he did not measure the magnitude of his reaction, so he did not realize how many people were hurt. For that reason, she took advantage of the moment to apologize to Chris Rock’s mother and brother.
I didn’t realize, I wasn’t thinking about how many people got hurt at the time. So I want to apologize to Chris’s mom. I want to apologize to her family, specifically Tony Rock, we had a great relationship and it is now possibly irreparable.
In the nearly six-minute video, Smith clarified that the slap decision was his own decision and that his wife, Jada, had nothing to do with or asked him to do anything about Rock’s bad joke.
It only remains to wait to see if he gets a prompt response or an apology from Rock. For now, Will Smith’s apology was also addressed to the thousands of fans They were disappointed by his attitude.