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Will Smith Blames Oscars Outburst On β€˜Bottled Rage’ In New Interview

Will Smith appeared on β€œThe Daily Show with Trevor Noah” and said his slapping of comedian Chris Rock at the Oscars resulted from β€œbottled rage.”

Will described what lead up to the moment of the slap, saying, β€œThere’s many nuances and complexities to it. But at the end of the day, I just β€” I lost it, you know?”

β€œI was going through something that night, you know?” said Smith. β€œNot that that justifies my behavior at all… It was a lot of things. It was the little boy that watched his father beat up his mother, you know? All of that just bubbled up in that moment. That is not who I want to be.”

Will says he is nephew, who is nine, had watched the Oscars and when Smith came home he had to answer why he β€œslapped that man,” Will told him, β€œWhy are you trying to Oprah me?” 

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