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Hollywood Actor Will Smith has posted a new video apologizing for slapping Comedian Chris Rock during the Oscar event.
Smith said his behavior was “unacceptable,” adding he had reached out to Rock to discuss the incident but was told the comedian wasn’t ready, The Associated Press reports.
“There is no
part of me that thinks that was the right way to behave in that moment,” Smith
said in the under-six minute video posted online Friday, according to The
Associated Press. “I am deeply remorseful and I’m trying to be remorseful
without being ashamed of myself.” To Rock, he said: “I’m here whenever you’re
ready to talk.”
The clip
showed Smith seated in a polo shirt and white ball cap, answering pre-selected
questions about his behavior at the March 27 Academy Awards. Smith had slapped
presenter Rock following remarks made about the hairstyle of Jada Pinkett
Smith, Smith’s wife.
Smith also
apologized to Rock’s family and especially his mother, Rosalie who told US Weekly
that, “when he slapped Chris, he slapped all of us. He really slapped me.”
Smith also
apologized to Tony Rock, Chris’s younger brother.
“I didn’t
realize how many people got hurt in that moment,” Smith said.
Smith also
apologized to his family “for the heat that I brought on all of us” and his
fellow Oscar nominees to have “stolen and tarnished your moment.”
My wife not to blame for slapping Chris Rock - Will Smith
Smith
absolved his wife of any blame saying “Jada had nothing to do with it. “I made
a choice on my own.”
Pinkett
Smith said she has alopecia areata, a hair-loss disorder, according to The Associated
Press.
Smith was
subsequently banned by the motion picture academy from attending the Oscars or
any other academy event for 10 years.
“I’m sorry
really isn’t sufficient,” Smith said in the video, adding that he is hurting
because he hasn’t lived up to fans’ impressions. “Disappointing people is my
central trauma.”