It’s been over two months since Will Smith slapped Chris Rock live for his unfortunate comment about the baldness of his wife, Jada Pinkett. It was an event that changed his life forever and, in fact, we have not heard from him since.. However, this week the actor has made headlines again for something that has a lot to do with what happened at the Oscars. Before Smith hit Rock, the actor gave an interview to David Letterman on his show My Next Guest Needs No Introduction (My next guest needs no introduction), whose content has just seen the light.
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In a preview of his talk, we see Will doing some statements that have left more than one speechless, as they reflect the premonition he had about what was going to happen weeks later. the protagonist of The prince of Bel Air talk about “the most hellish psychological experience of my life” when he decided to try ayahuasca, a medicinal plant used by shamans in the Amazon region and that generates hallucinogenic effects. The actor says that he began to see that “my money was flying through the air, and my house, my career… and I was trying to grab my money and my career, but my whole life was being destroyed“.
– Chris Rock jokes about being slapped by Will Smith at the Oscars
“So that’s your fear,” Letterman tells him, to which Will replies, “Yeah, that’s my fear. But it was there and I felt like throwing up and I heard a voice that told me: ‘This is life’ and I would start screaming and I would hear my daughter Willow crying, ‘Daddy, help me!’, but I couldn’t see her.” I stopped worrying about money, about my career, about my house…and he just wanted to get to Willow. I calmed down, as I kept hearing her scream and my money disappeared,” the actor confesses as he explains what he did to relax: close your eyes and take a deep breath.
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The winner of an Oscar for Williams method He assures that in his mind “there was a hell” and that the hallucinations he had were very real. Of course, he affirms that he drew a powerful conclusion: “When he finished, I realized that whatever happens to me in life, I can handle it“I can handle any loss, I can handle anything that goes wrong in my life, I can handle anything in my marriage. I can handle anything life has to offer me,” he said totally convinced not knowing what was going to happen weeks later.
– Chris Rock puts a condition to talk about the altercation with Will Smith
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– The reason why Will Smith has traveled to India
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In another clip from the interview, Smith can be seen talking about what writing his memoir has meant to him. “Writing this book has unlocked a part of me as an actor that is unlike anything I have ever experienced.“, he confesses to Letterman, assuring that he is in a “very exciting” moment because “I can reach people in a different way than I have done before, and that is largely due to my pain.” Precisely the book of his memoir has skyrocketed in sales after what happened at the Oscars, so it has been a comfort to him in this difficult time both personally and professionally.
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