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Will Smith Finally Apologizes To Chris Rock

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Will Smith finally apologizes to Chris Rock for slapping him on stage at The Oscars.

Four months after Will Smith went on stage and slapped Chris Rock for making comments about his wife, has  finally apologized to him.  He did so in an Instagram post.

In the beginning of the video, he said he had reached out to Chris a few times,  but did not hear back from Chris.  Rock said he wasn’t ready to talk with him and would reach out when he was ready.  He also apologized to Chris’s mom and his family.  Will and Chris’s brother Tony Rock, were pretty tight before the incident, so Will wanted to send an apology to Tony as well in the video.

Will said he spent the last few months going over the moment and trying to figure out what “caused” him to do this.  He said that his wife, Jada Pinkett-Smith had nothing to do with the decision he made.   Will Smith says that the slap triggered his central trauma.   An apology was also made to his fellow nominees at The Oscars, Will said he was sorry for taking the spotlight away from the biggest night of their lives.

Will was sorry for letting people down and he has been working on being remorseful without being ashamed.  He went on to say, “we are all human”.   He also promised that “If you hang on, I promise we will be able to be friends again”.

Chris has not directly responded to the apology, but did work it into his act on Friday night in Atlanta.  Chris referred to Will Smith as “Suge Smith”.  You can read more about that from People.com

Will Smith on Instagram: "Thanx y'all"

2M likes, 151K comments - willsmith on July 29, 2022: "Thanx y'all".

Will Smith Slaps Chris Rock At The Oscars: Twitter Reacts

As Chris Rock was presenting the nominees for Best Documentary, he began his intro by taking a few digs at the stars in the audience — one of them being Jada Pinkett Smith and her alopecia condition. Rock said to Jada, “Can’t wait to see you in the next G.I. Jane 2, can’t wait to see it,” and husband Will Smith laughed and clapped along with the joke. Jada, however, was not amused. So much so, that Will walked his way up on stage and slapped Chris Rock across the face. It was then that we all thought our televisions froze, but it was just Will cussing out the presenter. “Keep my wife’s name out of your f—ing mouth!” Rock kept his cool and joked, “That was, uh, the greatest night in the history of television…”

See how Twitter reacted below:

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