Will Smith says bottled rage led him to slap Chris Rock at the Oscars - BBC

Will Smith has said his "bottled" rage led him to slap comedian Chris Rock on signifier astatine the Oscars successful March.

The histrion has been interviewed for the archetypal clip since the incident, which helium described arsenic "a horrific night".

Appearing connected The Daily Show with Trevor Noah, helium said: "I was going done thing that night, you know?

"Not that that justifies my behaviour astatine all." Smith added that determination were "many nuances and complexities to it", but added: "I conscionable - I mislaid it."

Smith stormed the signifier astatine the Hollywood grant ceremonial aft Rock made a gag astir Smith's wife's shaved head. Jada Pinkett Smith has the hairsbreadth nonaccomplishment information alopecia.

He had antecedently said his woman did not inquire him to face Rock.

"I conjecture what I would accidental is that you conscionable ne'er cognize what somebody's going through," helium said, without elaborating connected what helium was referring to.

The interrogation connected the late-night US TV speech amusement was the archetypal clip Smith had been publically challenged astir the attack.

"I recognize however shocking that was for people... I was gone. That was a rage that had been bottled for a truly agelong time," helium told Noah.

"That was a horrific night, arsenic you tin imagine."

In July helium posted a video on YouTube, answering questions that appeared to beryllium written by fans astir the Academy Awards. Prior to that, helium had lone issued written statements astir the altercation.

He appeared connected Monday evening's occurrence of The Daily Show to beforehand his upcoming movie Emancipation, to beryllium released adjacent week, making it eligible for adjacent year's Oscars.

Smith, who received this year's champion histrion grant aft the slap, said the thought that his caller the movie would beryllium "tainted" during the upcoming awards play by his actions was "killing maine dead".

Asked successful a abstracted interrogation what helium would accidental to critics claiming it was excessively soon for him to beryllium promoting his work, helium replied: "I wholly recognize that if you cognize idiosyncratic is not ready.

"I would perfectly respect that and let them their abstraction to not beryllium ready.

"My deepest interest is my team. The radical connected this squad person done immoderate of the champion enactment their full careers, and my deepest anticipation is that my actions don't penalise my team."