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Willow Smith Says Reaction to Dad Will Smith’s Oscars Slap ‘Didn’t Rock Me’
“I see my whole family as being human,” Willow Smith told Billboard as she opened up about the reaction to her dad Will Smith smacking Chris Rock at the 94th Academy Awards in March
Willow Smith has broken her silence on father Will Smith’s infamous Academy Awards slap.
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The Red Table Talk co-host and Emmy nominee, 21, explained during a recent interview with Billboard that the ensuing media reaction after Will, 53, smacked Chris Rock onstage at the March awards show “didn’t rock me as much as my own internal demons.”
Willow previously shared a cryptic message in some tweets shortly after her dad resigned from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. “The meaning of life is found in challenge,” Willow wrote, adding: “Life is a series of reactions.”
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Will then walked onto the stage and slapped Rock in the face, leaving the audience and live viewers around the world stunned. “Oh wow,” said Rock as Will made his way back to his seat. “Will Smith just smacked the s— out of me.”
“Keep my wife’s name out your f—ing mouth!” Will yelled up to the stage after taking his seat. The King Richard star went on to win best actor later in the night.