Will Smith posted a video with an intertitle that reads: “It’s been a minute …” In that video, the actor recounts his actions at the Oscar where he took the stage and hit Chris Rock in face. Of everything that happened at the Oscars this year, that will be the one thing everyone will remember.
Smith apologizes to Rock in the video and to the others, saying, “It’s been a minute … Over the past few months I’ve been thinking a lot and working a lot personally … You’ve asked a lot of right questions that I wanted to take the time to answer.”
Smith addressed what he did, noting that he didn’t apologize to Rock in his acceptance speech because he was “tarnished at that point.” He said, “It’s all blurry. I contacted Chris and the message that he is back is that he is not ready to talk. And when he is, he will stretch. So, I’ll tell you Chris, I’m sorry. My behavior was unacceptable and I’m here whenever you’re ready to talk. ”
Smith continued to apologize to Rock’s family. “I want to apologize to Chris’s mother. I saw an interview that Chris’s mother did, and it was one of the things of that moment. I didn’t realize it and I wasn’t thinking about it. [about] how many people got hurt in that moment. I want to apologize to Chris’s mother, I want to apologize to Chris’s family, especially Tony Rock. We had a great relationship. Tony Rock was my man, and that’s probably irreparable. “
Rock’s mother, Rosalie Rock, previously said in a previous interview: “When he slapped Chris, he slapped us all. He really slapped me. You reacted to your wife by giving you the side eye and you went to make her happy because she was brooding with laughter when it happened. “
Smith went on to say that he has been working on himself since the ceremony and acknowledged that what he did that night was wrong. “I have spent the past three months repeating and understanding the nuances and intricacies of what happened at that moment. And I won’t try to undo everything right now, but I can tell you all [that] there is no part of me that thinks it was the right way to behave in that moment. There is no part of me that thinks it is the optimal way to handle a feeling of disrespect or insults. “
Smith added that the choice he made was “his” and says his wife, Jada, had nothing to do with it. He ended the apology video by saying that he is “human” and that he “made a mistake” but is “trying not to think about [himself] like a piece of shit. “
He concludes by saying that he is “committed to bringing light, love and joy into the world, and if you resist, I promise you that we will be friends again”.
Watch the video below and share your thoughts on his words.
by Joey Paur
Source: Geek Tyrant
