Will Smith opened up in depth about the slap that shocked the world, admitting he fully 'lost it' that night he hit Chris Rock and that it 'had been bottled for a really long time.'
"I've always wanted to be Superman, I've always wanted to swoop in and save the damsel in distress,"explained to Trevor Noah in conversation about the infamous slap of Chris Rock at the Oscars that shocked Hollywood elite and the rest of the world.Appearing on"The Daily Show" to promote his new film"Emancipation," Smith addressed theSpeaking of the evening, Smith noted,"That was a horrific night, as you can imagine.
"In the audience right now, you know, you're sitting next to strangers…somebody's mother died last week, somebody's child is sick, somebody just lost their job, somebody just found out their spouse cheated. There's all these things. They're strangers and you just don't know what's going on with people…I was going through something that night."
While he emphasized that not knowing what someone else is dealing with does not justify his behavior, it was his biggest takeaway from the night."We got to be nice to each other…it's hard…I guess the thing it was most for me is I took my heart and made it hard for other people," he shared. Smith took particular issue with a joke Rock made while on stage at the Academy Awards. It was at the expense of Smith's wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, who
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