Will Smith lastly addresses Chris Rock slap however claims he is ‘cancelled’
It is onerous to imagine it has been three years since Will Smith slapped Chris Rock on the Oscars, however the award-winning actor has now addressed the notorious second in his new music album.
On March 27 2022, after some ill-timed jokes from the present’s host Rock about Jada Pinkett-Smith and her struggles with alopecia, the Aladdin actor walked up on stage and slapped the comic across the face.
He later shouted: “Preserve my spouse’s identify out of your f**king mouth!” Funnily sufficient, he later went on to win the Oscar for greatest actor, for his function as the daddy of tennis legends Venus and Serena Williams in King Richard.
The 56-year-old has a little bit of a historical past with regards to falling out with others in Hollywood and regardless of apologising to Rock a couple of months after the Oscars incident, it appears as if he nonetheless has lots to say in his new songs.
His new album Primarily based on a True Story is well-timed, given the actor’s resurgence on TikTok just lately due to the recognition of Doechii’s music ‘Anxiousness’ being coupled with the well-known dancing scene from The Recent Prince of Bel Air.
Though he was banned from the Oscars for 10 years within the wake of the slap, he appears to recommend that he is been ‘cancelled’ ever for the reason that 2022 awards.
The opening line of the primary music on the album ‘Int. Barbershop – Day’, a voice may very well be heard saying: “Will Smith is cancelled.”
Later within the music, strains embody ‘I ain’t by no means going to forgive him for that s**t he did’ and ‘him and Jada each loopy, woman, what you talkin’ bout? You higher hold his spouse’s identify out of your mouth’.
He additionally claims in one other music that he will not get nominated for different awards due to the incident, whereas one line even says: “I heard he gained the Oscar however he needed to give it again/ And they solely made him try this s**t as a result of he’s Black.”
Though he has clearly been penalised in different methods, Smith wasn’t requested to provide again the Oscar he gained in 2022.
He additionally appeared in Unhealthy Boys: Trip or Die in 2024 and there are rumours {that a} sequel to I Am Legend may nonetheless come, even when the trailer that was launched earlier this yr did show to be pretend.
So, whereas Smith’s first album in over 20 years suggests he may have the ability to reignite his music profession, there’s possible nonetheless loads of hope for the Oscar-winner to look in future movies.
It appears honest to say that the ‘cancelled’ line is likely to be barely excessive.
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