Will Smith rejste sig under sidste Oscar-ceremoni, og slog vært Chris Rock i hovedet. Efterfølgende er han blevet ekskluderet af akademiet i et årti, og har i flere omgange måtte sige undskyld til Rock, til akademiet, de andre nominerede og til sine fans.
Men alligevel synes han angiveligt at Rocks kommentarer til hele sagen i en nylig comedy special på Netflix var lige i overkanten. En kilde tæt på Smith har sagt til Entertainment Tonight, at han blev fornærmet over at Netflix har givet Rock en platform til at diskutere disse detaljer:
"Will is embarrassed and hurt by what Chris said about him and his family in his Netflix special. He didn't watch it, but he had people tell him what Chris said... It's everywhere when you look online and on social media, so Will and Jada have seen comments about it."
"Will apologised to Chris and would like for Chris to let it go... Will has worked on himself and he is banned by the Oscars for 10 years. He feels like that's enough and wants Chris to move on, so that he and everyone else can too."
"Will is also upset that Netflix was a part of this and thinks Chris insulting Jada again is below the belt... He is upset that Netflix gave Chris this platform to share these messages and thinks it's distasteful."
Det baner naturligvis vejen for en spændende diskussion, der er eksploderet på sociale medier, nemlig om hvorvidt det nu, et år efter, er på tide at give slip, også for Rock.
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