“I have been away,” Will Smith said, drawing a laugh from the crowd when the topic of his absence from the public eye came up. “What have y’all been doing?”
Noah interjected, offering his own perspective on the situation and recalling the discussions about the controversy that he had with peers. Smith shared an anecdote from the aftermath on Oscars evening, when he was already having to deal with the reverberations of his outburst in his private life. Smith also discussed “Emancipation,” sharing the decision-making that led him to the project. Based on true events, the film stars Smith as a runaway slave who becomes known to the world as “Whipped Peter” after widely distributed photographs of keloid scarring on his back expose the extreme brutality of slavery.
He never legitimately apologised to Chris Rock. Even on the Daily show interview he said everything, but didnt admit he was wrong. He got away with assaulting someone live on TV. So nope not buying this at all. The interview felt staged.
🙄
He's a thug
It's still mind-boggling to realize this happened
He’s only sad because there were repercussions to his actions.
By the end of the day...blah, blah, blah. Just say you're sorry and to physically attack another human being is wrong anyhow or anyway you do it. Ask forgiveness!
he was always a very likable actor he was good for the box office I think someday he'll make a big comeback
Horrific? It was a slap! If it we're a closed fist and he dropped him, maybe then.
Will Smith partied the night away. He's got no true remorse
Next!
Why waste airtime on Will Smith? There’s no story here; he’s just promoting his new movie. Disappointing that you fell into this trap - his desire for publicity disguised as contrition. Cover the famine in Africa, the war in Ukraine. That’s what we care about.
Know your audience, NBC. We do not give a shit about rich, privileged actors, who are “discovering themselves.”
So the guy who violently assaulted Chris Rock is now the victim?
BS!! He doesn't feel bad one bit!
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Are we still on this? moveon
As an actor you should set higher for people that look to you as an example and keep political opinions to yourself. By slapping someone on national TV you screwed up one of the two.
He comes out now, as his movie is about to be release. Shocking.
Who cares
Yeah, it wasn’t such a great night for Chris Rock either.
Will is going to be just fine. He made a mistake and apologized. who hasn’t? and Chris Rock is no saint.
He hit Chris but he had a horrific night? Wtf
Did he explain why he initially laughed and after seeing his wife's look of disapproval he went on the attack?
His image is forever tarnished
Terrible interview no real accountability
And.... he was promoting his movie.
Looked like he whacked him a good one. Probably worth it.
'horrific'
And you'll never ever get it back.
Looked worse for Chris Rock
“nuances and complexities.”Be a man and own what you did. Don’t blame it on your upbringing or your sad childhood. You are a 60 yr.old grown man. Admit you committed a crime. You knew exactly what you were doing. You thought your fame/money would protect you. U have some nerve.
This needs to happen to Joe.
Nope.
🙄 please
Don't know if I would have stopped at a slap.. guess I'm old school and stick to 'the buddy code' don't mess with a dudes lady, never dog a dudes lady, don't rag on a dude when he wants to be with his lady..joke went to far...
This long & still parsing words… I was wrong to strike Chris. I showed my a$$ at the awards.
Nuance and complexity? He left his seat, hustled up to the stage and slapped a guy, right
Will must have a new movie coming up soon
Lost all respect for him can't even watch his movies that I liked
The real story in Hollywood
Who cares?
The biggest being that you probably ended your career
He is not the victim. He is the attacker.
Smith’s an Ahole, a self indulgent narcissist, he thought nothing would happen because of his ego! In the grand scheme of things in this world, it’s just another blatant display of look at me the media promotes
This is how it works. An algorithm having me respond or it's going to hack me even with people stalking me walking out my door, because I know there's not a god worth a damn that let's people get turned into furniture being believed in; so Americans won't believe in each other
Let it go.
Nope he's done as an A-List actor... his ego sent him to the C-List
he did nothing wrong
Nine months ago and still talking about this !
I remember the night. When Will Smith revealed that he was not perfect. I'm so disappointed.
Celebrities are showing their fans how to be petulant little brats.
Who?
A tap is horrific...omg what do y'all call unarmed black pleope getting shit by police or innocent school children getting murdered.
All I can say is GMFB
Sorry still think he planned it
If the same kind of situation happened in a Walmart with regular non-famous folks, no one would be calling it “nuanced” or “complex” from either side.
Horrific that Will Smith assaulted someone. His crooked wife was pleased.
get this degenerate loser off my screen
We're back to this again?
Will Smith is an attention whore. Stop giving him oxygen.
Interesting its a media blitz now in advance of his new movie. Terrible.
He's still making excuses.
My non-nuanced and simple take, Will Smith sucks at apologies.
Cue the PR campaign...this is so transparent.
He should be banned for life. Embarrassing, disgusting and unforgivable…
Imagine if a white man slapped Chris Rock…
He still don't get it.
Posted ad nauseam. Nobody GAS about Smith. Move ON!
Meanwhile Chris Brown just won artist of the year. Can we get off Will’s ass already?
Not really my guy, you couldn't take a joke and smacked a comedian on live television
well, no, bill, there aren't may nuances and complexities, you assaulted a man, doing his job, in front of millions upon millions of people on live television, and weren't arrested for it. that about sums it up, bro.
Seems more like he is showing his true colors.
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There's no nuances and complexities . You couldn't handle a joke at you and your wifes expense even though you made jokes of other people to make your career ... Man Up, you are a GIRLY MAN that can't handle situations you can't control . Rock shud sue u for every dime you have!
Assault isn’t nuanced or complex. Really simple.
Lost a fanweak
All these because you want to promote your movie.. only Chris Rock can save you
There's no excuse for his behavior. He has set a dangerous precedence for comedians. They should have walked out if they didn't like it.
Oh...and u are so fragile that u take issue with some words in a comedy routine...however all is well when other dudes put their winkie in ur wife's stinky. Where's the moral compass there star? Poor example of a man..
Shut up Will Smith. No one likes u anymore. You done shit the bed with your primadonna behavior. You are blessed with stardom, but everyone knows your true character and your career will never be the same.
And now the media is running this ' oh poor Will Smith stories' his ass should be in jail !
Must be a slow night at NBCNews.
There’s nothing complex about a guy hauling off & slugging another guy. It’s just basic caveman behavior, there’s nothing to be analyzed here. His whole apology tour is just making the original problem worse. He should just shut up but that family doesn’t ever shut up. WillSmith
Wow.. Still on this?
Too little too late.
He was one of my favorites. Now I won’t take the energy to read what he said.
What if this happened at a private party of 100 or more guests with similar levels of alcohol in them?
The unforgettable Oscar diggy slap
Too little Too late and just before the release of his new movie hmmm
The highlight of the Oscar’s. Not sure why he keeps apologizing.
I lost all respect for Will Smith the day this happened. He's dead to me now.
Yes so many.
It was all bullshit. Why is still getting headlines.
Still not a good apology
The criminal act of assaulting someone has no nuances. It was a crime he should have been prosecuted for.
Poor Will. I'm glad he survived that horrific night.
I hope it becomes a trend and mans starts defined them wifes one day if someone made a joke about her of of her sickness or the way she looked 😂😂😂 Relax it's a joke 😉
Nothing complex about being a thug.
“Nuances and complexities?” Gimme a break! 🤣😂😅
It was a shocking and deplorable moment, but tbh the only person who can understandably still hold a major grudge is Chris Rock. Let this dude move on, folks have done far worse things to humanity.
Black on black violence is the norm not the exception, not sure why anybody was shocked
No one cares about WS. Moving on
Media is trying to resurrect the slapper
Both are at fault
Did Will talk about that being assault?
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