Actor Will Smith, 54, spoke with Trevor Noah on "The Daily Show"
Monday, blaming his violent outburst against Chris Rock on an
underlying "rage" that had been festering for some time.

"I was gone, dude," Smith told Noah about the incident, according to
Variety. "That was a rage that had been bottled for a really long
time."

The actor attempted to explain his behavior, saying, "you just never
know what somebody is going through."

"I was going through something that night," Smith told the audience.
"That doesn't justify my behavior at all."

"We just gotta be nice to each other, man," he continued. "It's hard. I
guess the thing that was most painful for me, is I took my heart and
made it hard for other people. I understood the idea when they say hurt
people hurt people."

The "Men in Black" star also discussed his childhood, saying he was
brought back to being "the little boy that watched his father beat up
his mother, all of that bubbled up in that moment. That's not who I
want to be."

Smith also recalled how it felt to watch the scene with his young
nephew.

"He's the sweetest little boy. He stayed up late to see his Uncle Will.
We are sitting in the kitchen, he's on my lap holding the Oscar, [and
he asked] `why did you hit that man, Uncle Will?'" he recalled.

"Why you trying to Oprah me?" the actor remembered thinking. "I was
like, it was a mess. I don't want to go too far into it to give people
more to misunderstand."

While Noah attempted to stick up for Smith by saying "everybody can
make a mistake," the actor got emotional and said, "I understand how
shocking it was to people."

Earlier this week, Smith told Variety that he understands if people
don't want to see his new movie, "Emancipation," but hopes it won't
affect the rest of the cast and crew.

"I completely understand that, if someone is not ready, I would
absolutely respect that and allow them their space to not be ready,"
Smith said. "My deepest concern is my team - [director Antoine Fuqua]
has done what I think is the greatest work of his entire career."

"I'm hoping that the material - the power of the film, the timeliness
of the story - I'm hoping that the good that can be done would open
people's hearts at a minimum to see and recognize and support the
incredible artists in and around this film," he continued.

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Let's go Brandon!

On 11/29/22 11:09 PM, RichA wrote:
> On Tuesday, 29 November 2022 at 20:27:00 UTC-5, Ubiquitous wrote:
>> Actor Will Smith, 54, spoke with Trevor Noah on "The Daily Show"
>> Monday, blaming his violent outburst against Chris Rock on an
>> underlying "rage" that had been festering for some time.
>>
>> "I was gone, dude," Smith told Noah about the incident, according to
>> Variety. "That was a rage that had been bottled for a really long
>> time."
>>
>> The actor attempted to explain his behavior, saying, "you just never
>> know what somebody is going through."
>>
>> "I was going through something that night," Smith told the audience.
>> "That doesn't justify my behavior at all."
>>
>> "We just gotta be nice to each other, man," he continued.
>
> Tell him to stop apologizing. That's what the Left want, they want you groveling at their feet and they might toss
> you a bone of a role. That's in Hollywood.

What did the right want when they tried to kill abortion in this
country? Proud women ready to die from complications during pregnancy?

On 11/30/2022 12:09 AM, RichA wrote:
> On Tuesday, 29 November 2022 at 20:27:00 UTC-5, Ubiquitous wrote:
>> Actor Will Smith, 54, spoke with Trevor Noah on "The Daily Show"
>> Monday, blaming his violent outburst against Chris Rock on an
>> underlying "rage" that had been festering for some time.
>>
>> "I was gone, dude," Smith told Noah about the incident, according to
>> Variety. "That was a rage that had been bottled for a really long
>> time."
>>
>> The actor attempted to explain his behavior, saying, "you just never
>> know what somebody is going through."
>>
>> "I was going through something that night," Smith told the audience.
>> "That doesn't justify my behavior at all."
>>
>> "We just gotta be nice to each other, man," he continued.
>
> Tell him to stop apologizing. That's what the Left want, they want you groveling at their feet and they might toss
> you a bone of a role. That's in Hollywood.

Yes, he should stop apologizing, pick up the shards of his former
popularity, and retire gracefully to a back pew.