Smith was reacting to a perceivably tasteless joke Rock made about his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith.
Rock said, in reference to Pinkett Smith’s shaved head, “Jada, I love ya.
Jane 2,' can’t wait to see it.”
The anger Smith expressed also stems from a turbulent past that began during his childhood.
She’s gonna boycott the Oscars?
The next night,TMZspotted Smith outside a New York City restaurant and asked him about Rock’s joke.
Smith ignored the outlet’s reporter and made his way to his car without commenting.
When hemarried Jada Pinkett Smith in 1997, they became a true Hollywood super-couple.
They’re also parents of Willow Smith and Jada Smith, who started their own successful performing careers.
But life was definitely not a fairy tale for Will Smith.
That stems from that defining violent moment when he was just a child.
“I was probably 9, and I watched my father beat up my mother,” Smith confessed.
“And I was too scared to do anything.
And just on my young mind, it became imprinted …
I was never going to be scared again.”
He described his father as both “violent” and “dedicated”.
“He was also at every game, play, and recital.
“He listened to every record.
He visited every studio.
The same intense perfectionism that terrorized his family put food on the table every night of my life.”
“My father dying started a new phase of my life.”
He shared a similar sentiment during a 2018 podcast appearance on Rap Radar, according toShowbiz CheatSheet.
“I want to apologize to the Academy.
I want to apologize to all my fellow nominees.
This is a beautiful moment and I’m not crying for winning an award,” Smith said.
I look like the crazy father, just like they said about Richard Williams!
But, love will make you do crazy things.”
