Four months after Chris Rock was slapped by Will Smith, the latter posted a video on Friday apologizing for his “unacceptable” behavior and encouraging his bandmate to speak up whenever he wants.

Will Smith slapped Chris Rock on stage at the 2022 OscarsPhoto: Myung Chun/Los Angeles Times/Shutterstock Editorial/Profimedia

“I feel like shit,” Will Smith says in a video that marks his first public audiovisual apology since the incident at the 2022 Oscars — Smith previously apologized in a message posted on Instagram the day after the event, Agerpres reports.

“I contacted Chris and received a message that he is not ready to talk, but when he is, he will be. So Chris, I’m sorry, my behavior was unacceptable and I’ll be here when you’re ready to talk,” Smith said.

Will Smith said that at the time, “I didn’t think about how many people were going to get hurt.” The actor specifically apologized to Chris Rock’s mother and brother Tony Rock, with whom he had a “great relationship.” “It was one of me, and it’s probably irreparable,” he added.

The actor assured that in recent months he “reproduced and understood all the nuances and complexities of what happened at that moment.”

“No part of me thought it was the right behavior at the time,” he said.

“Jada had nothing to do with it”

“Rolling her eyes” at Rock’s comment about his shaved head, Will Smith’s wife Jada Pinkett Smith said nothing to the man who made the decision to hit his co-star, the actor has claimed.

“Jada had nothing to do with it, I’m very sorry,” said Smith, who also apologized to his family and all of his colleagues. “This is a community, I won because you voted for me. And it really breaks my heart that I ruined your moment,” he said.

Smith added that this reaction was also due to his “own experience” and “history” with Chris Rock.

In April, the Hollywood Academy decided not to revoke the Oscar for Best Actor, which Will Smith won on March 27 for his role in The Williams Method (2021), but decided to ban the actor from participating in any ceremony or event organized by the institution , for ten years.

Seconds before accepting the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature, Chris Rock poked fun at Jada Pinkett Smith, saying he can’t wait to see her in the sequel to Ridley Scott’s 1997 GI Jane, starring Demi Moore. , who shaved her head for this performance.

Jada Pinkett Smith has appeared in public with a completely shaved head since last year after announcing that she suffers from alopecia, a condition that causes hair loss.

According to the producer of the gala concert, Will Packer, the Los Angeles police intended to arrest Will Smith, but Chris Rock refused to file a complaint against him.

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