The Aftermath: Will Smith Reflects on the Controversial Incident with Chris Rock at the 2022 Oscars

The 2022 Oscar Awards caused a stir worldwide, as the event that rewards the best of cinema became a trend after Will Smith hit Chris Rock.

This is because the comedian, prior to presenting the award for one of the categories, performed a small routine in which he made a joke about the appearance of Jada Pinkett Smith, the actor’s wife.

Chris Rock’s joke upset the acting couple, causing Will Smith to get up from his seat and go straight to the stage, where the comedian was.

Everything to give him what seemed like a slap in the face and stunned not only those present, but also the viewers who were following the transmission.

Now, a year after the incident, Will Smith spoke again about what happened on that night at the Oscars 2022. Revealing that it was hard for him, but that he was finally able to forgive himself for his mistake.

Will Smith and Chris Rock at the Oscars 2022 (Robyn Beck/AFP/AFP)

Will Smith visits Mexico and remembers the blow to Chris Rock at the Oscars 2022

Will Smith was one of the guests at the México Siglo XXI 2023 event, held at the National Auditorium in Mexico City by Fundación Telmex-Telcel.

So the actor appeared to speak to the scholarship holders of this foundation about his success story, but also his failures and mistakes as a person.

Well, Will Smith couldn’t help but remember his meeting with Chris Rock during the night of the Oscars 2022. Mentioning that it was a day that he would not have liked to live.

The most read of Famous

Will Smith (AP/Chris Pizzello / Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)

Will Smith apologizes for punching Chris Rock at Oscars 2022

After the blow that Will Smith gave Chris Rock went viral, criticism against the actor was on the surface, because even in networks they asked that the Oscar he had just won be taken away.

But now, more than a year after the controversial meeting, Will Smith mentioned that he finally managed to forgive himself for his actions that day.

Even the actor mentioned that the secret of life and the world is to be able to “recover from setbacks.”

Telling that despite the difficulty of everything that came after, he managed to accept what he had done and forgive himself for it.

Will Smith (@willsmith/Instagram)

2023-09-03 01:05:27
#Smith #forgave #slapping #Chris #Rock #Oscars