“...I don’t wanna say what we talked about, but there but for the grace of God go any of us. Who are we to condemn? I don’t know all the ins and outs of this situation, but I know the only solution was prayer, the way I saw it—the way I see it,” he said.
spoke about during the Oscars. Washington, Tyler Perry, and Bradley Cooper each approached the actor after he slapped Chris Rock over a joke at Jada Pinkett Smith’s expense. Thereports that author and pastor T.D. Jakes asked Washington about the slap while the actor appeared at his leadership summit on Saturday. Although the actor declined to go into too much detail about his conversation with Smith, he did offer some clarity—and a warning to anyone thinking of casting a stone Smith’s way.
“Fortunately there were people there, not just me but others [like] Tyler Perry came immediately right over there with me,” Washington reportedly added. “Some prayers. I don’t wanna say what we talked about, but there but for the grace of God go any of us. Who are we to condemn? I don’t know all the ins and outs of this situation, but I know the only solution was prayer, the way I saw it—the way I see it.
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