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Four months after the famous Will Smith slaps Chris Rockthe actor posted a video today on his official Instagram account, where to apologize for his “unacceptable behavior” and offers the colleague to talk “when you want”.
Will Smith in his IG video
By the way, he said “I feel like shit” in the video, his first public and violent audiovisual apology after the event that happened at the Oscar gala. Previously, Smith had only asked a lukewarm apology in an Instagram message the day after the event.
“I contacted Chris and the message he got is that he is not ready to speak and when he is he will. So I’ll tell you Chris I apologize. My behavior was unacceptable and I’m here when you are ready to speak.” “, the actor pointed now.
The beginning of the video that Will Smith uploaded to his Instagram.Will Smith.
The accident
During the 94th Academy Awards on March 27, 2022, the host of the event Chris Rock joked about the alopecia of Will’s wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, which he likened to Demi Moore’s shaved head in the recalled film GI Jane.
Immediately, Will Smith took the stage and slapped Rock in the face, rushed out and seconds later yelled from his seat: “Keep my wife’s name out of your fucking mouth!”
Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith on the red carpet of the 2022 Oscars. Photo: Reuters.
Smith later apologized to the Academy and the other nominees, but not Chris Rock, while accepting the Best Actor award for King Richard.
Days later he resigned from the Hollywood Academy and voluntarily entered a psychiatric hospital. Then, two days after his psychiatric hospitalization, on April 8, 2022, the Hollywood Academy banned the actor for ten years, banning him from attending any event organized by the academy, including the Oscars.
However, you could be nominated for any of its awards. “I accept and respect the Academy’s decision,” Smith said.
Will Smith movie
The actor has six projects underway, beyond the fear of being canceled from the industry.
emancipation: This Antoine Fuqua drama about slavery would be ready, with Will as Peter, a runaway slave pursued by hunters. Apple, which paid $ 120 million for the film’s rights, had scheduled the film’s premiere for the end of this 2022, in so-called awards season, to be better positioned for an Oscar. There is no release date now.
Fast and loose: The Netflix production had been left without a director when David Leitch broke the matter. It was before March 27th. The script starred Smith as John Riley, the leader of a criminal organization who loses his memory due to an attack, and when he joins his entourage, he discovers that things are no longer what he thought. The streaming giant was the first to communicate it, after the slap, that Fast and loose it does not figure in his immediate plans.
Bright 2: Another Netflix production, the sequel to the action and fantasy film released in late 2017, had been launched, thanks to the success achieved in streaming. In April it became known that it had been canceled and it was rumored that for reasons that had nothing to do with the Oscar incident.
Advise: Since there are no two without three, it’s another Netflix that’s been left on standby. The story of a criminal organization made up of seven African American men who ruled Harlem in the 1970s and early 1980s centered on Nicky Barnes, nicknamed “Mr. Untouchable” by the New York Times. Smith would be Barnes since the news broke in 2019.
Bad Boys 4: The fourth in the saga in which Smith shares the lead role with Martin Lawrence would have a script ready, but Sony has reported that filming has been suspended.
Polo to polo: This May Smith was due to begin filming a new series for National Geographic, exploring the North and South Poles. For now, production has been postponed until the fall.
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Source: Clarin
