{"id":8852,"date":"2022-10-29T06:20:33","date_gmt":"2022-10-29T06:20:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2022\/10\/29\/will-smith-says-floyd-mayweather-called-him-10-days-straight-after-oscars-slap\/"},"modified":"2022-10-29T06:20:33","modified_gmt":"2022-10-29T06:20:33","slug":"will-smith-says-floyd-mayweather-called-him-10-days-straight-after-oscars-slap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2022\/10\/29\/will-smith-says-floyd-mayweather-called-him-10-days-straight-after-oscars-slap\/","title":{"rendered":"Will Smith Says Floyd Mayweather Called Him 10 Days Straight After Oscars Slap"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<section id=\"cb-18b8b8d88d8e90b8be27542911fb9e41\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default  canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-a8fb40f5-e9eb-4b84-8e17-cef0120105ed-1969920166-image-holder\" class=\"embed-responsive-item video-block__image-holder\">\n          <button class=\"embed-responsive-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-a8fb40f5-e9eb-4b84-8e17-cef0120105ed-1969920166-play-btn\"><br \/>\n            <span class=\"sr-only\">Play video content material<\/span><br \/>\n          <\/button><br \/>\n          <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/be\/16by9\/2022\/10\/28\/be10d8c96ebd473eb86522690e426e90_md.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\n                  <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>                    <span class=\"media-credit video-block__media-credit\">TMZSports.com<\/span>\n          <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-18b8b8d88d8e90b8be27542911fb9e41--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-b84d7dfae2096664346f36fbe298201c\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/will-smith\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Will Smith<\/strong><\/a> was in a darkish place after he slapped <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/chris-rock\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Chris Rock<\/strong><\/a> on the Oscars, however he had a champion in his nook &#8212; the actor says <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/floyd-mayweather\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Floyd Mayweather<\/strong><\/a> known as him each day for 10-straight days after the incident, simply to verify he was doing okay.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-b84d7dfae2096664346f36fbe298201c--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-aca88e64fea13eefdb89c8991567d571\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Smith made the revelation throughout a non-public screening of his new &#8220;Emancipation&#8221; film at The London lodge &#8230; and with Floyd in attendance, he took a second to reward TBE for being there for him, regardless that they weren&#8217;t precisely finest buds on the time.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-aca88e64fea13eefdb89c8991567d571--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-97fd6758765d6096c96be6f3c8840052\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>&#8220;I need to say one thing additionally about Floyd,&#8221; Smith mentioned in video obtained by <strong>TMZ Sports<\/strong>. &#8220;So, we have met one another, we have seen one another round, however we weren&#8217;t like, mates.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-97fd6758765d6096c96be6f3c8840052--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-26d4b66e03c288254dfc509b7f7d2bb9\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-gallery-block canvas-gallery-block-permalink canvas-gallery-block--default  \">\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-26d4b66e03c288254dfc509b7f7d2bb9--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-72696e087701a106975b9548bbc5b4c6\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>&#8220;And, the day after the Oscars, for 10 days he known as me each day,&#8221; Smith added. &#8220;And, he was like, &#8216;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,'&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-72696e087701a106975b9548bbc5b4c6--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-493e4f7b413f951851ef583e781175a1\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>&#8220;That was each day he known as me &#8230; and it is like, that is my dude eternally proper there.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-493e4f7b413f951851ef583e781175a1--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-3d1443c8a1737f636c1973a7d01e87df\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-b43819f6-be74-4fae-a07b-e61f1b859a94-183505602-image-holder\" class=\"embed-responsive-item video-block__image-holder\">\n          <button class=\"embed-responsive-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-b43819f6-be74-4fae-a07b-e61f1b859a94-183505602-play-btn\"><br \/>\n            <span class=\"sr-only\">Play video content material<\/span><br \/>\n          <\/button><br \/>\n          <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/0e\/16by9\/2022\/07\/29\/0e76d5f58aa543329cc7c9b826ed5b1a_md.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\n                  <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-3d1443c8a1737f636c1973a7d01e87df--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-e52d32ee189c466d5da6e5f0cf0c0616\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Smith has not often spoken about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2022\/03\/27\/will-smith-smack-punch-chris-rock-joke-jada-oscars\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>the slapping incident<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; he solely launched <a href=\"https:\/\/tmz.com\/2022\/07\/29\/will-smith-apologizes-video-chris-rock-oscars-slap\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>an apology video<\/strong><\/a> again in July &#8212; so to listen to him go into element concerning the days following the incident is extremely uncommon.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-e52d32ee189c466d5da6e5f0cf0c0616--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-f6ef30fbd139361e3b9f8b0592f0ea92\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>As for the movie, Mayweather cherished it.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-f6ef30fbd139361e3b9f8b0592f0ea92--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-6a6ee691ce0a1a738154b4b12eb51d0c\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>\u201cEmancipation captures an important time in history. The movie has me on the edge of my seat throughout the entire film,\u201d Floyd tells us.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-6a6ee691ce0a1a738154b4b12eb51d0c--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-5bfc475da1698d51e6534af5843364f7\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20221028_3a894ace71f6487bb35bf172efe5073b\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:a864bb35-c904-4a3d-9a69-c09f3b547cb7\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/3a\/4by3\/2022\/10\/28\/3a894ace71f6487bb35bf172efe5073b_md.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"will smith emancipation\"\/>\n                <\/div>\n<p>                                  <\/a>\n      <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-5bfc475da1698d51e6534af5843364f7--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-0ea11cb203e0726dddf6acf0f36252f1\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Producer <strong>Deon Taylor<\/strong>, Floyd&#8217;s accomplice on his upcoming docuseries, &#8220;The GOAT,&#8221; additionally spoke on the screening. <strong>Jona Rechnitz<\/strong> and <strong>James McNair<\/strong>, a part of the manufacturing staff, have been additionally in the home for the viewing.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-0ea11cb203e0726dddf6acf0f36252f1--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-769c71feaefdbfdc64efb866541b6a27\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  canvas-block-is-last \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>&#8220;Watching <em>Emancipation<\/em> movie final evening &#8211; the movie was nothing wanting wonderful! The movie touched so many elements of me as a black man in America\u2026 Will Smith is sensible!! Every body was Art!!!!!,&#8221; Deon says of the film.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-769c71feaefdbfdc64efb866541b6a27--><\/p><\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Play video content material TMZSports.com Will Smith was in a darkish place after he slapped Chris Rock on the Oscars, however he had a champion in his nook &#8212; the actor says Floyd Mayweather known as him each day for 10-straight days after the incident, simply to verify he was doing okay. 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