LOS ANGELES, United States — Actor Will
Smith has posted an emotional new apology for slapping Chris Rock at the Oscars
earlier this year, revealing in a lengthy video clip that he has reached out to
the comedian who was not yet “ready to talk”.
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Smith — who went on to win the best actor award —
marched on stage and hit Rock for making a joke about his wife, in an incident
that overshadowed the March ceremony, being broadcast live around the world.
“Chris, I apologize to you. My behavior was
unacceptable. And I’m here, whenever you’re ready to talk,” Smith reiterated
said in the nearly six-minute video, in which he also answered fans’ questions
about the shocking moment that has tarnished his public image.
Smith had made a public apology shortly after the
incident, and was banned from attending the Oscars for the next 10 years after
the slap.
The 53-year-old also resigned his membership with
the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences — although the organization did
not revoke his best actor award for “King Richard”.
In the video posted to social media Friday, Smith
said his wife, actress Jada Pinkett Smith, who was seated next to him and
grimaced as Rock joked about her, said nothing to prompt his attack.
“I made a choice on my own,” he said, apologizing
also to Pinkett-Smith and the couple’s children “for the heat that I brought on
all of us.”
“There’s no part of me that thinks that’s the
optimal way to handle a feeling of disrespect or insults,” says the Fresh
Prince of Bel-Air actor, who at one point in the video appears to be fighting
tears.
Rock addressed the slap earlier this month during a
stand-up set in New Jersey, Us Weekly has reported.
“Anyone who says words hurt has never been punched in the
face,” he reportedly joked, before adding “I’m not a victim ... I don’t go to
the hospital for a papercut.”
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