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Smith says the slap was due to bottled-up rage. Smith appeared on "The Daily Show with Trevor Noah" to promote his new film, "Emancipation." It's his first movie since the Oscars fiasco.

This was especially true at the 2023 Grammys, where newlyweds Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez were caught on camera bickering ...

Smith appeared on Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show With Trevor Noah” for his first late-night interview since the slap. He told the South African host that he was “going through something” on Oscars ...

Will Smith opened up to “Daily Show” host Trevor Noah about his infamous slap of comedian Chris Rock at the Oscars, trying to explain his reaction that night and voicing concern about how it ...

In a recent interview with Variety’s Awards Circuit podcast, the Daily Show host expressed his grievances about the general public was so quick to write Smith ... that Noah attributes to our ...

For starters, Smith resigned from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, calling his actions “shocking, painful, ...

November 29, 2022: The psychology of the Slap comes up in his first televised interview about it on The Daily Show With Trevor Noah. Smith details what was going on in his head when he made the ...

Later that month, with Oscar hype season in full swing, Smith joined Trevor Noah on The Daily Show to discuss the film — and once again dig into the slap, which continued to define his existence.

After almost a year since the “slap heard around the world,” Will Smith posted a TikTok this ... In a November interview with Trevor Noah in support of his film, “Emancipation,” the ...