Are People Ready to Forgive Will Smith?
Rich and Weekly
Wondery
4.0 • 962 Ratings
🗓️ 30 November 2022
⏱️ 17 minutes
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Summary
After laying very low since the Oscars and his slap-heard-round-the-world, Will Smith is finally talking. He sat down with Trevor Noah on “The Daily Show” last night for his first major TV interview since Slapgate to promote his new film, “Emancipation.” It was there that he opened up about that fateful night in March and had an interesting take on what exactly triggered his behavior. Will also talked about how he’s worried that “Emancipation” - and everyone who worked on it - will be punished for his huge lapse in judgment. So we’re wondering how this film will do, and what that will mean for Will’s career?
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| 0:00.0 | Brooke, you and I know firsthand just how important promotion is, whether you're an A-list actor, author, musician, or podcaster. |
| 0:17.2 | The project itself is only half of the equation. |
| 0:20.0 | There's a lot more than just saying your lines and going home. |
| 0:24.1 | You have to get out there, promote the hell out of it, |
| 0:27.2 | keep putting things into your Instagram stories. |
| 0:30.2 | So people know where to find what you're working on. Yeah, and I really wish marketing would stop hanging up on me when I call. |
| 0:36.0 | Because it's like... |
| 0:37.0 | Yeah. |
| 0:38.0 | It's me, Brooke. |
| 0:39.0 | Well, at least they pick up and then hang up. |
| 0:41.0 | They're not even picking up my calls. |
| 0:43.0 | Yeah, that's fair. |
| 0:45.0 | But, well, we'll find out soon enough |
| 0:48.0 | is doing a press tour to sell a project is hard enough. |
| 0:52.0 | But then when you top it with being wrapped up in a |
| 0:54.0 | controversy and being very polarizing, it's got to be even harder and that of |
| 0:59.7 | course is where Will Smith is right now. Yeah, I mean we all saw Will's kind of nice guy image take a hit at |
| 1:07.4 | the Oscars it's not the only thing that took a hit. |
| 1:10.1 | Whoa brook it was. Um, whoa, brook, it was ripe for it. |
| 1:15.7 | I know it was. |
| 1:16.7 | It was. |
| 1:17.7 | Don't come for me, anybody. |
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