Will Smith’s slap: After three months, the actor breaks his silence and publicly apologizes in a long video

Apologies are expected! Shortly after Chris Rock’s final remarks that were delivered to us yesterday, it’s the turn of Will Smith himself to speak.

The actor was very reserved for three months, and he was dropped from the Oscars. His last speech took place in the background of the ceremony, but since then the actor has made sure to be forgotten.

He issued a brief apology via an Instagram post. “I want to publicly apologize to you, Chris. I crossed the mark and made a mistake. I am ashamed and my actions are not representative of the man I want to be. There is no place for violence in the world of love and kindness.” By the way, he wrote on March 29.

Thus breaking the long silenceOfficial 5 minute video, thus controlling its communication. The video begins with the following five lines: “It’s been a while… I’ve been thinking and doing a lot about myself the past few months… I’ve asked you a lot of legitimate questions that I wanted time to answer.“

Then, we hear a groan and see Will Smith sitting with his hood on and beginning to answer written questions. Then he begins to react to the camera, looking directly into the lens.

The full VO video is here:

to the question “Why didn’t he apologize?Will Smith answers slowly and feverishly:TThat is confusing. I tried to contact Chris and the message I got back is that he is not ready to talk yet and that he will get back to me when he is.“.

and add:So I’m going to say, Chris, I’m sorry. My behavior was unacceptable and I am ready to talk to you whenever you wantHe goes on to say that he also wants to apologize to Chris Rock’s mother.

“I’ve spent the last three months replaying that moment in my head, trying to understand the nuances and complexities of what happened in that moment. (…) But, in any case, I can tell you that there is nothing in me that it was necessary to act like this at this very moment.“. He also utters these words in front of the camera: “I tried to convince myself that I wasn’t just a chick“.

Yesterday, Chris Rock expressed himself in a joking tone: “People who say words hurt have never had a kick from Will Smith. I am not a victim. But damn it hurt like hell! Then I shook the crap out of my head and went to work the next day. We don’t go to the hospital because we cut ourselves a sheet of paper“, he added.

For information, Will Smith was banned from the ceremony for 10 years and expelled from the Academy of Oscars. The film the actor was nominated for is The Williams Method, the trailer for which can still be seen above.