Will Smith says the Oscars slap on Chris Rock was an explosion of anger that was years in the making ... but also seemed to partially put the blame back in CR's court.
Play video contentWill explains how he went back to being the little boy who used to watch his father beat his mother, and that he was going through things that night ... which erupted in violence.
He also makes a plea to the audience, telling them to be nice to each other ... because you never know another person's troubles, which almost felt like an excuse for the slap -- before WS explicitly noted, it doesn't justify his behavior.
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