'I was going through something that night. Not that that justifies my behavior at all,' Will Smith said. 'And it's like I understood the idea where they say hurt people hurt people.'
Alicia Vitarelli had a chance to chat with Will Smith, who says he hopes you will give "Emancipation" a chance.Will Smith opened up to Trevor Noah about the now-famous slap at the Oscars in March during an appearance that aired Monday night on "The Daily Show."Smith called it "a horrific night" and said he "lost it" when he stormed the stage and slapped presenter Chris Rock.
"And I guess what I would say, you just never know what somebody is going through," Smith said. "I was going through something that night. Not that that justifies my behavior at all.""And it's like I understood the idea where they say hurt people hurt people," he said.Smith had written in his memoir about growing up being afraid of conflict and the talk show host also noted the negative things that have been said about Smith and his family on the internet.
"It was a lot of things," Smith said in response. "It was the little boy that watched his father beat up his mother, you know. All of that just bubbled up in that moment."
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