{"id":1578417,"date":"2022-07-29T11:31:56","date_gmt":"2022-07-29T15:31:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1578417"},"modified":"2022-07-29T11:32:53","modified_gmt":"2022-07-29T15:32:53","slug":"watch-will-smith-releases-video-apologizing-for-oscars-slap-of-chris-rock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-will-smith-releases-video-apologizing-for-oscars-slap-of-chris-rock\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: Will Smith Releases Video Apologizing For Oscars Slap Of Chris Rock"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/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%2Fwatch-will-smith-releases-video-apologizing-for-oscars-slap-of-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=1578417&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--><p>Disgraced Hollywood star <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/will-smith\">Will Smith<\/a> posted a video Friday in which he apologized for slapping <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/chris-rock\">Chris Rock<\/a> at the Oscars earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p>The nearly six-minute video shows Smith, wearing a ball cap and golf shirt and seated in what appears to be his home, answering questions from fans and critics on the internet. In a sometimes halting voice, Smith expresses deep remorse for the March 27 incident that has likely cost him his place atop Tinseltown.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s been a minute \u2026,\u201d text on the video begins. \u201cOver the last few months, I\u2019ve been doing a lot of thinking and personal work.\u201d<\/p>\n[embedded content]\n<p>Smith then reads and answers questions about the shocking incident, in which he charged the stage at the Academy Awards show and slapped the comedian after he had made a joke at the expense of Smith\u2019s wife, Jada Pinkett Smith. Minutes later, Smith was awarded a \u201cBest Actor\u201d Oscar for his role as tennis patriarch Richard Williams.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy didn\u2019t you apologize to Chris in your acceptance speech?\u201d Smith begins, reading a question.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was fogged out by that point,\u201d he says. \u201cIt\u2019s all fuzzy. I\u2019ve reached out to Chris and the message that came back is that he\u2019s not ready to talk and when he is, he will reach out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Smith apologizes to Rock, his family and in particular, the comedian\u2019s mother, who he says he saw in an interview and realized how much the incident had hurt her.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just didn\u2019t realize, and you know, I wasn\u2019t thinking about how many people got hurt in that moment,\u201d Smith says in the video. \u201cSo, I want to apologize to Chris\u2019s mother. I want to apologize to Chris\u2019s family, specifically [Chris Rock\u2019s younger brother] Tony Rock. You know, we had a great relationship. You know, Tony Rock was my man. And this is probably irreparable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto lrv-a-font-body-m\">Another question Smith addresses in the video is whether his wife put him up to attacking Rock.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto lrv-a-font-body-m\">\u201cNo. I made a choice on my own, from my own experiences, and my history with Chris,\u201d Smith says. \u201cJada had nothing to do with it. I\u2019m sorry, babe, and I want to say sorry to my kids and my family for the heat that I brought on all of us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Smith has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/will-smith-issues-apology-to-chris-rock-says-he-was-out-of-line-and-wrong\">apologized<\/a> before, including shortly after the incident. Smith slapped Rock in the face after the comedian mocked Jada Pinkett Smith\u2019s shaved head amid her hair loss battle. A stunned\u00a0Rock absorbed the slap and carried on.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWill Smith just slapped the s*** out of me,\u201d he said as the actor returned to his seat and yelled for Rock to \u201ckeep my wife\u2019s name outta your mouth.\u201d Smith was not removed from the building, and a short time later, took the stage to accept his first Oscar ever \u2014 Best Actor for his role in the film \u201cKing Richard.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Later, the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/will-smith-banned-from-attending-oscars-for-ten-years-over-chris-rock-slap\">Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences<\/a>\u00a0issued a 10-year ban preventing the actor from attending the annual awards show.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI spent the last three months replaying and understanding the nuances and the complexities of what happened in that moment, and I\u2019m not going to try to unpack all of that right now,\u201d Smith says in the new video. \u201cBut I can say to all of you now there is no part of me that thinks that was the right way to behave in that moment.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Disgraced Hollywood star Will Smith posted a video Friday in which he apologized for slapping Chris Rock at the Oscars earlier this year. The nearly six-minute video shows Smith, wearing a ball cap and golf shirt and seated in what appears to be his home, answering questions from fans and critics on the internet. 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