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great acting, forever marred

posted 3 years ago by Connie93 (826)
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Will Smith reached the pinacle of his career, winning the Oscar for Best Actor

It was well deserved...but his shameful and unacceptable violence marred the Oscar forever.

And this movie will always be remebered for this, sadly.

[–] TMC-4 (20161) 3 years ago

Richard Williams, Venus and Serena's dad, weighs in on Will Smith's slap

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/richard-williams-weighs-will-smiths-slap-chris-rock-oscars-rcna21896

“We don’t know all the details of what happened,” Williams, whom Smith portrayed in King Richard, said via his son Chavoita LeSane. “But we don’t condone anyone hitting anyone else unless it’s in self-defense.”

[–] Connie93 (826) 3 years ago

yes! And I believe in the movie that he is a very non violent person.

[–] mariomonsieur (289) 3 years ago

I didn't see it either, it was certainly felt around the country though. As a tennis person and a sports fan in general the slap or hit wouldn't mar it, not having observed this violence before from big Willie

[–] R_Kane (15828) 2 years ago

WHAT??!!

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