Will Smith appeared on βThe Daily Show with Trevor Noahβ and said his slapping of comedian Chris Rock at the Oscars resulted from βbottled rage.β
Will described what lead up to the moment of the slap, saying, βThereβs many nuances and complexities to it. But at the end of the day, I just β I lost it, you know?β
βI was going through something that night, you know?β said Smith. βNot that that justifies my behavior at allβ¦ 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.β
Will says he is nephew, who is nine, had watched the Oscars and when Smith came home he had to answer why he βslapped that man,β Will told him, βWhy are you trying to Oprah me?βΒ
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