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Will Smith, 54, appeared to reference the notorious slap he gave Chris Rock for joking about his spouse, Jada Pinkett Smith, on the 2022 Academy Awards, in a brand new TikTook video. The actor, who gained an Oscar after the viral second on stage occurred, posted a duet clip with Sam Rossi a.ok.a. Miss Money Working, a person on the app who inspired different customers to ask an inanimate object what it thinks of them. “This works because everything has consciousness,” she stated in her personal authentic video.
@willsmith #duet with @missmoneyworking
Will sat on a sofa within the duet video, as he watched her clarify on display how one can ask something you select, together with a automotive, a pen, cash and/or extra what it thinks of you, and your instinct will provide you with the reply. After she was completed, he grabbed his Oscar statue, which he gained in the Best Actor class for King Richard, and slowly introduced it into view. He gave off a curious face as if he was pondering of asking the Oscar what it thinks of him after the slap, and started to say one thing proper because the video ended.
The video obtained lots of responses and lots of of his followers counseled him on with the ability to joke in regards to the transfer he beforehand admitted he regrets. Others shared their opinions on what the Oscar would assume. “What have we learned?” one fan wrote, indicating what the Oscar would say. “You OK, bro?” one other individual stated about the Oscar’s potential response.
Will’s newest video comes nearly a yr after the slap incident occurred and made headlines. He has since issued an apology to all these concerned and affected, together with Chris and his household. He additionally shared a six-minute video that went into depth about his regret. “I am deeply remorseful, and I’m trying to be remorseful without being ashamed of myself,” he stated within the video. “I’m human, and I made a mistake, and I’m trying not to think of myself as a piece of s*it.”
Will was banned from the Academy Awards for 10 years, as a result of slap, and he not too long ago spoke out about how the detrimental scenario might have impacted the success of his 2022 movie, Emancipation. “The only discomfort my heart has around that is that so many people have done spectacular work on this film,” he informed Entertainment Weekly in Nov. “I definitely lose a couple winks of sleep every night thinking that I could have potentially penalized my team, but I’m going to do everything I can to make sure everyone gets seen in the light that they deserve.”