Tyler Perry Says He Wasn't Comforting Will Smith After The Slap, He Was 'De-Escalating'

'I left early to go and check on Chris [Rock] because it was wrong in no uncertain terms,' Perry says of the moment immediately following the Oscars slap heard 'round the world

"I know that feeling," Perry said."I'm getting chills thinking about it. I know that feeling of being a man and thinking about the little boy. if that trauma is not dealt with right away as you get older, it will show up in the most inappropriate and horrible times."

As for Rock, Perry called him"pure champion the way he handled it." Struggling again with having friendship and respect for both men, Perry said that it was also"extremely painful" for Smith. "It’s no excuse, he was completely wrong, but something triggered. That was so out of everything he is," Perry explained.

After the slap, Smith won the Best Actor Oscar, delivering an awkwardly-received apology of sorts. He would later apologize more directly. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences ultimately banned Smith from all Academy events for a decade, including the Oscars.

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