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Will Smith was in a darkish place after he slapped Chris Rock on the Oscars, however he had a champion in his nook — the actor says Floyd Mayweather known as him each day for 10-straight days after the incident, simply to verify he was doing okay.
Smith made the revelation throughout a non-public screening of his new “Emancipation” film at The London lodge … and with Floyd in attendance, he took a second to reward TBE for being there for him, regardless that they weren’t precisely finest buds on the time.
“I need to say one thing additionally about Floyd,” Smith mentioned in video obtained by TMZ Sports. “So, we have met one another, we have seen one another round, however we weren’t like, mates.”
“And, the day after the Oscars, for 10 days he known as me each day,” Smith added. “And, he was like, ‘Ay, you realize you the champ, proper? You good? You know you the champ, proper? I would like you to listen to my voice say it,'”
“That was each day he known as me … and it is like, that is my dude eternally proper there.”
Smith has not often spoken about the slapping incident — he solely launched an apology video again in July — so to listen to him go into element concerning the days following the incident is extremely uncommon.
As for the movie, Mayweather cherished it.
“Emancipation captures an important time in history. The movie has me on the edge of my seat throughout the entire film,” Floyd tells us.
Producer Deon Taylor, Floyd’s accomplice on his upcoming docuseries, “The GOAT,” additionally spoke on the screening. Jona Rechnitz and James McNair, a part of the manufacturing staff, have been additionally in the home for the viewing.
“Watching Emancipation movie final evening – the movie was nothing wanting wonderful! The movie touched so many elements of me as a black man in America… Will Smith is sensible!! Every body was Art!!!!!,” Deon says of the film.