Will Smith, opening up about Oscars slap, tells Trevor Noah 'hurt people hurt people' - CNN

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Will Smith opened up to Trevor Noah astir the now-famous slap astatine the Oscars successful March during an quality that aired Monday nighttime connected “The Daily Show.”

While promoting his forthcoming movie “Emancipation,” Smith called it “a horrific night” and said helium “lost it” erstwhile helium stormed the signifier and slapped presenter Chris Rock.

“And I conjecture what I would say, you conscionable ne'er cognize what idiosyncratic is going through,” Smith said. “I was going done thing that night. Not that that justifies my behaviour astatine all.”

Smith said that what was astir achy to him was that his actions made it “hard for different people.”

“And it’s similar I understood the thought wherever they accidental wounded radical wounded people,” helium said.

“That was a rage that had been bottled for a truly agelong time,” Smith said.

Noah pointed retired however Smith had written successful his memoir astir increasing up being acrophobic of struggle and the speech amusement big besides noted the antagonistic things that person been said astir Smith and his household connected the internet.

“It was a batch of things,” Smith said successful response. “It was the small lad that watched his begetter bushed up his mother, you know. All of that conscionable bubbled up successful that moment.”

Smith said who helium was successful that infinitesimal was “not who I privation to be.”

In July Smith addressed the slap and issued a nationalist apology connected societal media.

The Academy has sanctioned Smith by banning him from attending the Oscars for the adjacent 10 years.