Aside from a brief semi-apology video, Smith has stayed mostly silent about the incident that upended his superstar career.
premiering on Apple TV+, which could land him another Oscar nomination despite being barred from attending the ceremony for 10 years, he is back out on the press trail. And he found a sympathetic interviewer in Noah, who is in his final run of episodes beforeThe two men began with some small talk about Smith’s recent world travels before pivoting to the new film, which he described as a “freedom movie” as opposed to a “slave movie.
“That was a horrific night, as you could imagine.” Smith admitted eventually. “There’s many nuances and complexities to it, but at the end of the day, I just—I lost it. And I guess what I would say is, you just never know what somebody’s going through.” Without getting too specific, he said, “I was going through something that night, not that that justifies my behavior at all.”
Noah, meanwhile, gave Smith a pass for his “mistake,” saying, “That’s not who you are.” And while he also said that, especially as Chris Rock’s friend, what he did was “fucked up,” it wasn’t the type of irredeemable act that should get him blacklisted in Hollywood.
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