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Will Smith gives 14-year-old cancer patients a PS5 – and gives dance lessons

“Will from Home”
Will Smith gives 14-year-old cancer patients a PS5 – and gives dance lessons


Will Smith at a photocall for Bad Boys For Life in Madrid in January 2020

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Sometimes you wonder what is behind the fact that individuals suddenly get the attention of celebrities. PR departments probably. Will Smith still gave the sick Chuck a good mood day.

The corona restrictions are currently particularly affecting people who are in institutions: those in old people’s and nursing homes or in hospitals. This is also the case with 14-year-old Chuck, who is being treated for leukemia chemotherapy and is not allowed to have a visit. Because of the security measures to contain the infection, even his father Aidan is not allowed to visit him. But he does his best to be by his son’s side. For example, he dances for Chuck in the hospital parking lot and thus achieves a certain reach via Snapchat – and so does Will Smith’s attention.

The US actor (with the Blitz thing), himself an active Snapchat user, started his own series on the social media platform, “Will from Home”. In his first episode of the Holiday Edition, he introduces Aidan and Chuck. The father who dances in the parking lot every Tuesday and about whom his son Chuck says: “That lifts my mood, it feels like he’s here!”

Support from Smith

Will Smith surprised father and son with presents. First he hired Jason Derulo, who some may know as a dance hero at TikTok, to teach Aidan and Chuck a few new moves. An idea that delighted both of them. (That neither Will Smith nor Jason Derulo wore a mask while they auditioned together is probably a different story.)

The video session between Will Smith and the father-son team culminated in an “unboxing” episode before Christmas: A large box had been delivered to the hospital. Its contents turned out to be the new Playstation 5, which is currently hard to come by, plus controllers and game vouchers. Even if this end of the video is embarrassingly promotional, Chuck and his father seem to have been happy.

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