People reveals: “Will Smith tried to contact Chris Rock in every way, it was terrible”

During the 94th Academy Awards, the actor Will Smith protagonist of the film King Richard and Academy Award winner, took the stage and slapped the comedian Chris Rock after this had made an insensitive joke about alopecia by Jada Pinkett Smith.
The actor won the Academy Award for Best Actor nearly an hour later, but shortly thereafter “fired” from the Academy and was barred from attending any Academy-related events for 10 years.

Will Smith tried to make amends with Chris Rock, to no avail

As reported by PEOPLE, Will Smith tried to contact Chris Rock to make amends privately, but failed to do so. The report, which comes from an unnamed source said to be close to the former actor, claims that Smith Yes is “felt terrible for a long time” for the accident and which, despite the impossibility of reconciling, he has made an effort to grow and process with the help of his family:

“She has unsuccessfully tried to make amends as best she can with Chris. But other than that, family is important to him and (Smith) leaned on them (in the aftermath). All this has helped him to look within and to mature. He’s better, but he still has remorse. Will has listened to those who have tried to help him, and he feels like he’s become a better person.”

While the actor publicly apologized to the comedian several times, including in a video made a few months after the incident in which he explained what had happened and felt great remorse for what he had done, Rock he still seems embittered by the actor. He recently clarified that he’s still not over the slap during the Netflix special titled Selective Outrage. In the final minutes of the special, Chris Rock not only reproached a Smith of slapping him at the Oscars, but also pointed out his family issues with his wife.

The segment about the actor Oscar set the internet on fire, signaling that Rock he’s not ready to leave the Oscars behind, though Smith he wants to mend tensions and has tried unsuccessfully to do so in private. After a few months of almost total silence, the career of Will Smith he’s starting to recover. It is currently in the works Bad Boys 4con Martin Lawrence e Adil El-Arbie Bilal Falla is ready to step back into the director’s chair, while also starring in I am legend 2 next to Michael B. Jordan. The actor is also working on an adaptation of Brilliance Of Marcus Sakeydirected by Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy Of Ms. Marvel.

In addition, there has been talk of a possible candidacy of Will Smith for Best Actor at this year’s Oscars for his performance in Emancipation, despite the ban and resignation. The thing did not come true because the actor was beaten by Austin Butler Of Elvis, Colin Farrell Of The Banshees of Inisherin, Paul Mescal Of After sun, Bill Nighy Of Living e Brendan Fraser Of The Whale, the latter considered the favorite to win. It will be interesting to see who takes home the statuette and if the slapping incident is considered, when the Oscars hosted by Jimmy Kimmel.

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