Will Smith co-stars in King Richard have gotten close after the slap and offer an update on his emotional position

It has been several months since then Will Smith slapped Chris Rock at the Oscars and, since it happened, a plethora of people have talked about it. Yet Smith himself has kept a low profile since the night the polarizing moment occurred. Updates on the star’s status come mostly from insiders. Although he has remained under the radar, he has apparently been talking to some of his colleagues for the past few months. two of his own King Richard The co-stars have since communicated and provided an update on the actor’s emotional situation.

Saniyya Sidney and Mikayla Bartholomew have played Venus Williams and Tunde Price respectively over the past year. King Richard. Will Smith played his on-screen father, Richard Williams, and judging by their interactions on last year’s press tour, the stars bonded behind the scenes. After the slap, that relationship continues, as the two revealed during their BET Awards appearance that they had spoken to Smith. And according to Barthélemy, the Oscar-winning actor is in a good mood:

Months before the actress shared those feelings with Eastern time the a-lister was told I was on a kind of “spiritual journey” . The star reportedly traveled to India in April to indulge in “yoga and meditation”. It was shortly after the actor issued a public apology for the accident. Although it is unclear whether the two have officially reconciled, the I am a legend Apparently, Star has found some kind of peace, based on these new comments.

Although the actor hasn’t opened up personally since the Oscar night incident, his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, did. Pinkett Smith talked about the slap in an episode of her show, Red Table Talk, during which she expressed hope that Smith and Chris Rock would finally reconcile. The actress also said that she and her husband plan to “do what we’ve been doing for the past 28 years, and keep working on this thing called life together.” In the same segment, Pinkett Smith also spoke about the growing awareness of alopecia, which she sees a good side in the middle of the situation.

Hollywood stars who have weighed in on the matter include Steve Harvey and Jim Carrey. when Harvey intervened called it a “punk” movement and said it “has lost a lot of respect for [Smith]. ” Carrey was “sick” for the incident, stating that he would sue the men in black star for $ 200 million if he was punched on stage. In exchange, Marlon Wayans offered Smith advice while former actress aunt Viv Janet Hubert expressed her support for his former co-star.

As it is, Will Smith is expelled from the Academy of Film Arts and Sciences for a decade. He has also experimented misadventures with some of his film projects . However, despite all of this, it is more than obvious that his King Richard the co-stars and several other colleagues still have their backs to him as he navigates his post-slap career.