{"id":1404220,"date":"2022-03-28T08:45:44","date_gmt":"2022-03-28T12:45:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1404220"},"modified":"2022-03-28T08:45:51","modified_gmt":"2022-03-28T12:45:51","slug":"at-your-highest-moment-thats-when-the-devil-comes-for-you-devout-christian-denzel-washington-comforts-will-smith-after-he-hits-chris-rock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/at-your-highest-moment-thats-when-the-devil-comes-for-you-devout-christian-denzel-washington-comforts-will-smith-after-he-hits-chris-rock\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018At Your Highest Moment, That\u2019s When The Devil Comes For You\u2019: Devout Christian Denzel Washington Comforts Will Smith After He Hits Chris Rock"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">46<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fat-your-highest-moment-thats-when-the-devil-comes-for-you-devout-christian-denzel-washington-comforts-will-smith-after-he-hits-chris-rock%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1404220&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/03\/GettyImages-1239560040.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>According to actor Will Smith, sometime at the Oscars Sunday night after Smith had struck Chris Rock onstage for making a joke about Smith\u2019s wife, actor Denzel Washington took Smith aside to console him, asserting, \u201cAt your highest moment, that\u2019s when the devil comes for you.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">During the commercial break, Will Smith is pulled aside and comforted by Denzel Washington and Tyler Perry, who motion for him to brush it off. Will appears to wipe tears from his eyes as he sits back down with Jada, with Denzel comforting Jada and Will\u2019s rep by his side. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uDGVnWrSS2\">pic.twitter.com\/uDGVnWrSS2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Scott Feinberg (@ScottFeinberg) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ScottFeinberg\/status\/1508273120473325573?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 28, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Smith acknowledged Washington\u2019s comment when he accepted his Best Actor award for the movie \u201cKing Richard\u201d later in the program; he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/awards\/will-smith-apologizes-oscars-2022-best-actor-speech-chris-rock-1235049925\/\">stated<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>Richard Williams was a fierce defender of his family.\u00a0In this time in my life, in this moment, I am overwhelmed by what God is calling on me to do and be in this world. Making this film, I got to protect Aunjanue Ellis, who is one of the most strongest, most delicate people I\u2019ve ever met. I got to protect Saniyya [Sidney] and Demi [Singleton], the two actresses who play Venus and Serena. I\u2019m being called on in my life to love people and to protect people and to be a river to my people.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Now I know to do what we do, you gotta be able to take abuse. You gotta be able to have people talk crazy about you. In this business you have to be able to have people disrespecting you. And you gotta smile and pretend that\u2019s OK. Denzel said to me a few minutes ago, he said, \u201cAt your highest moment, that\u2019s when the devil comes for you.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>It\u2019s like I want to be a vessel for love. I want to say thank you to Venus and Serena Williams. I just spit. I hope. they didn\u2019t see that on TV \u2014 and the entire Williams family for entrusting me with your story. That\u2019s what I want to do. I want to be an ambassador of that kind of love and care and concern.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>I want to apologize to the Academy, I want to apologize to my fellow nominees. This is a beautiful moment and I\u2019m not crying for winning an award. It\u2019s not about winning an award for me. It\u2019s about being able to shine a light on all of the people \u2026 Art imitates life. I look like the crazy father just like they said \u2026 just like they said about Richard Williams. Love will make you do crazy things.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Last December, in\u00a0an interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/12\/04\/style\/denzel-washington-man-on-fire.html?searchResultPosition=1\">The New York Times<\/a> to promote his latest film, \u201cThe Tragedy of Macbeth,\u201d Denzel Washington spoke of his Christian faith. <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/im-a-god-fearing-man-denzel-washington-explains-his-christian-beliefs-to-new-york-times-dismisses-hollywood-focus-on-racial-diversity\/\">The Daily Wire<\/a> reported:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>He told interviewer Maureen Dowd that before his grandmother died, he would \u201cattempt to honor her and God by living the rest of my days in a way that would make her proud.\u201d That, he explained, is what his work is all about now.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Washington revealed he doesn\u2019t look at his career from an earthly perspective, saying of his faith, \u201cIf you don\u2019t have a spiritual anchor you\u2019ll be easily blown by the wind and you\u2019ll be led to depression.\u201d Later, when Dowd asked if he\u2019d any concerns about the supposed \u201ccurse\u201d that productions of Macbeth are alleged to suffer, the two-time Oscar winner brushed the idea off.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI\u2019m a God-fearing man,\u201d he said. \u201cI try not to worry. Fear is contaminated faith.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>At one point during their conversation, Washington recommended that Dowd read Scripture. \u201cHave you read the Bible?\u201d he asked her, adding, \u201cStart with the New Testament, because the Old Testament is harder. You get caught up in the who-begot-who-begot-who thing.\u201d At another point, he suggested she try The Daily Word, an inspirational Christian app.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest growing conservative media companies for breaking news, investigative reporting, sports, podcasts, in-depth analysis, books, and entertainment for a reason: because we believe in what we do. We believe in our country, in the value of truth and the freedom to speak it, and in the right to challenge tyranny wherever we see it. Believe the same?\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>Become a member now and join our mission.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to actor Will Smith, sometime at the Oscars Sunday night after Smith had struck Chris Rock onstage for making a joke about Smith\u2019s wife, actor Denzel Washington took Smith<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":60,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1404220","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1404220","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/60"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1404220"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1404220\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1404220"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1404220"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1404220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}