WillSmith gets emotional as he discusses 'horrific night' at 2022 Oscars when he slapped ChrisRock
“When I read this script — you probably have seen the image, it is a Black man and his back and his arms, it is a pretty famous portrait,” Smith began before Noah showed the graphic photo to the audience. “And first, seeing that image was one of the things that really got me, you know, excited to explore this, because you see the image, but you don’t know who he is, you don’t know what the story is.
“That was a horrific night, as you can imagine. You know, there’s many nuances and complexities to it. But at the end of the day, I just — I lost it, you know?” Smith explained. “And I guess what I would say, you just never know what somebody’s going through, you know? In the audience right now, you are sitting next to strangers, and somebody’s mother died last week. Somebody’s child is sick. Somebody just lost their job. Somebody just found out their spouse cheated.
“You are asking, what did I learn, and it is that we just got to be nice to each other, man,” he stressed. “I guess the thing that was most painful for me is, I took my hard and made it hard for other people. I understood the idea, they say hurt people hurt people.” While it’s not who he wants to be, Noah, who is a longtime friend of the Oscar-winner said, he doesn’t think it’s who Smith is either, calling the moment a mistake.
“I was gone. That was a rage that had been bottled for a really long time. I understand the pain,” Smith said, adding that he felt it not only the reaction from the public, but his own family too.
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