{"id":1753985,"date":"2022-11-28T15:02:50","date_gmt":"2022-11-28T20:02:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1753985"},"modified":"2022-11-28T15:02:55","modified_gmt":"2022-11-28T20:02:55","slug":"will-smith-says-he-totally-understands-and-respects-if-people-arent-ready-to-see-his-new-film","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/will-smith-says-he-totally-understands-and-respects-if-people-arent-ready-to-see-his-new-film\/","title":{"rendered":"Will Smith Says He Totally Understands And Respects If People Aren\u2019t Ready To See His New Film"},"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\">34<\/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%2Fwill-smith-says-he-totally-understands-and-respects-if-people-arent-ready-to-see-his-new-film%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=1753985&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>Will Smith said he understands and respects people who are \u201cnot ready\u201d to see his new film \u201cEmancipation\u201d after he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/no-fing-way-slap-in-the-face-oscar-voters-have-strong-opinions-about-whether-theyd-vote-for-will-smith-for-his-new-film\">slapped<\/a> Oscar\u2019s host Chris Rock during the awards show in March.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/will-smith\">54-year-old actor<\/a> discussed the movie\u2019s upcoming release during a recent press tour, saying he hoped \u201cthat my actions don\u2019t penalize my team,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2022\/film\/news\/will-smith-fans-refuse-watch-emancipation-after-oscars-slap-1235443088\/\">Variety<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI completely understand that, if someone is not ready, I would absolutely respect that and allow them their space to not be ready,\u201d Smith said. \u201cMy deepest concern is my team \u2013 [director Antoine Fuqua] has done what I think is the greatest work of his entire career.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Will Smith responds to moviegoers who refuse to watch <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Emancipation?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Emancipation<\/a> so soon after the Oscars slap: \u201cI completely understand \u2014 if someone is not ready, I would absolutely respect that and allow them their space to not be ready.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/r7EiVsRU8L\">https:\/\/t.co\/r7EiVsRU8L<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Variety (@Variety) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Variety\/status\/1597253708517363713?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 28, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m hoping that the material \u2013 the power of the film, the timeliness of the story \u2013 I\u2019m hoping that the good that can be done would open people\u2019s hearts at a minimum to see and recognize and support the incredible artists in and around this film,\u201d Smith continued.<\/p>\n<p>Fuqua\u2019s \u201cEmancipation\u201d focuses on a runaway slave who \u201cforges through the swamps of Louisiana on a tortuous journey to escape plantation owners that nearly killed him,\u201d according to the description on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt12530246\/mediaviewer\/rm3028025345\/?ref_=tt_ov_i\">IMDb<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cMen In Black\u201d star <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/will-smith-struck-chris-rock-in-the-face-at-oscars-after-he-cracked-a-joke-about-jada-pinkett-smiths-hair-loss\">drew headlines<\/a> after the 94th Academy Awards in March when he walked on stage and slapped Rock in the face after the comedian cracked a joke about Jada Pinkett Smith\u2019s shaved head. Smith has since apologized several times.<\/p>\n<p>In July, the actor issued an apology via a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jXrxDKwlA_s\">video<\/a> on social media. Smith said he had reached out to Rock, but the message came back that the comedian was not ready to speak to him yet. Later, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences issued a 10-year ban against Smith.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEmancipation\u201d hits theaters on December 2 and will stream on Apple TV+ starting December 9.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/motherfer-hit-me-over-a-bulls-joke-chris-rock-unleashes-on-will-smith-over-oscars-slap\">\u2018Motherf***er Hit Me Over A Bulls*** Joke\u2019: Chris Rock Unleashes On Will Smith Over Oscars\u00a0Slap<\/p>\n<p><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Will Smith said he understands and respects people who are \u201cnot ready\u201d to see his new film \u201cEmancipation\u201d after he slapped Oscar\u2019s host Chris Rock during the awards show in March. The 54-year-old actor discussed the movie\u2019s upcoming release during a recent press tour, saying he hoped \u201cthat my actions don\u2019t penalize my team,\u201d Variety &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":219,"featured_media":1578422,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1753985","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1753985","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\/219"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1753985"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1753985\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1578422"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1753985"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1753985"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1753985"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}