Will Smith has issued an official response following his assault on Chris Rock at the 94th Academy Awards on Sunday (March 27). In a statement shared to his social media, Smith called his actions “unacceptable” and apologized to the legendary comedian.
“Violence in all of its forms is poisonous and destructive,” Smith wrote. “My behavior at last night’s Academy Awards was unacceptable and inexcusable. Jokes at my expense are a part of the job, but a joke about Jada’s medical condition was too much for me to bear and I reacted emotionally.
“I would like to publicly apologize to you, Chris. I was out of line and I was wrong. I am embarrassed and my actions were not indicative of the man I want to be. There is no place for violence in a world of love and kindness.”
He closed out his statement by apologizing again to the Academy as it begins an “inquiry” into Smith’s actions.
“I would also like to apologize to the Academy, the producers of the show, all the attendees and everyone watching around the world. I would like to apologize to the Williams Family and my King Richard Family,” he continued. “I deeply regret that my behavior has stained what has been an otherwise gorgeous journey for all of us. I am a work in progress.”
The statement comes after Smith stormed the Dolby Theatre stage after Chris Rock had teased his wife Jada Pinkett Smith for her bald head, a condition caused by alopecia. Smith slapped Rock across the face before screaming, “Keep my wife’s name out of your fucking mouth!”
Shortly after the outburst, Smith won the award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for his performance in King Richard, where he portrayed the father of tennis stars Venus and Serena Williams. The former Fresh Prince of Bel-Air star was overcome with emotion and apologized to the Academy for his actions during his acceptance speech.
“I want to apologize to the Academy, I wanna apologize to all my fellow nominees,” he said in closing. “This is a beautiful moment and I’m not crying for winning an award. It’s not about winning an award for me. It’s about being able to shine a light on all of the people … art imitates life. I look like the crazy father. Love will make you do crazy things.”
Will Smith doesn’t have to cus in his raps to sell records.
Ef dem..it is what it is..58st stand up
You apologize now that you bout to get that trophy snatched! This why people think we are violent! We do stupid shit like that when the world is watching us! Ten steps back!
Fuck these genuinely modified Neanderthals who cares about there opinion, they’ve always lived 10x below the standards they held other cultures to. Shit happens our accomplishments outweigh mistakes they’ve all learned a lesson so no one took a loss. YOU make sure Keep them euros happy boy!
Says the nerd using a smartphone. On the internet. Powered by electricity. Neanderthals are the folks still living in caves treating each other like savages right? The ones in cages? LOL
Let by-gones be by-gones…the world loves to magnify other folks’ issues instead of paying attention to themselves. And social media has definitely exposed this “thing” about humans.
Fake-azz apology. Will was laughing! Only when he saw his cuck queen he pulled that bullsh!t
He didn’t offend the white couple before he got to Will. He took the same slap he gave to Jada in front of the world. Comedians get over it. There’s limits for you as well. He owe the Smith’s an apology as well. It’s was distasteful and disrespectful.
Hispanic couple actually
How bout you apologize to August Alsina too.
A true apology would have been done in private, not for all the peanut gallery to see. Pick up the phone and handle it in private like men.
In Hollywood its all about the public eye…
Guaranteed he did. But when the offense was public you owe that man a public apology
Hell no. Will Smith did some sucker shit. Keep that wack apology.
What was sucker about it?
Yeah, I cant remember the last Will Smith movie I saw when it came out. I actually cant remember the last Will Smith movie I saw at all. Definetly dont feel like watching any of them. Next Chris Roxk special though. Im there!!
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It would have been funny if Will Smith had said “What do the five fingers say to the face” before slapping Chris Rock.
Lil cornball Chris don’t deserve no apology. He a shook one LOL@him. The ‘academy’ can keep the award since they already gave him the title this year. Shoutout to Willie!
Fake blood dude at it again.
He made sure to apologize to those white folks first before acknowledging his brother. No thanks, keep that apology, you just don’t want those same white folks to take your award away.
LOL. His brother? Bwuahahahaha. Lots of brotherly love mang. I love this racist concept of those are my brothers and whitey this, whitey that. Meanwhile the white man gets you paid and your brother shoots you in your back.
And then he cried. Overly emotionally and shit lol. This what y’all champion? Jada’s bf must be sneaking soy in Will’s pancakes in the morning.
He should apologise to his face. Man to man. What he did was a punk move.