Trevor Noah will return to host the Grammy Awards for his third consecutive year. Noah will serve as master of ceremonies for the the 65th Annual Grammy Awards, set for Feb. 5 at Los Angeles’ Cryto.com arena.
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Will Smith is answering questions about the infamous Oscars slap.
Of course, the Independence Day star slapped Chris Rock on stage during a live broadcast of the Academy Awards eight months ago. And while Will has spoken since then about his actions during that televised event, he hasn’t sat down for an interview to answer queries from journalists. That all changed on Monday, though. That night, Smith joined late-night host Trevor Noah on his well-regarded Daily Show to discuss what happened this spring.
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Will was apologetic throughout the sit-down. While he was on Noah’s set to promote his new movie Emancipation, the actor obviously addressed the shocking slap first. Recalling the March event as a “horrific night,” Smith said:
And he continued:
Of course, Smith was going through a lot of emotional upheaval at the time. He was about to experience an incredible high, as he won an Oscar minutes later for his work in King Richard. But the incident, which centered on a joke Rock made about Jada Pinkett Smith‘s balding due to alopecia, brought up bad memories from Will’s childhood. He told Noah:
And he added:
Ugh.
There were some funny times in this new chat, too.
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At one point, the Men In Black star shared an amusing anecdote about how his nephew watched the Oscars at home that evening. When Will got back home after the tumultuous night, the boy confronted him about what happened on screen:
Damn!
For his part, Noah tried to counsel Will a bit even eight months after the viral moment. Trevor told the A-list star:
And the late-night host ended things on a forgiving note. Noah
Trevor Noah will return to host the Grammy Awards for his third consecutive year. Noah will serve as master of ceremonies for the the 65th Annual Grammy Awards, set for Feb. 5 at Los Angeles’ Cryto.com arena.
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Will Smith is out and about promoting the hell out of his new drama, “Emancipation,” which Apple is pushing heavily this awards season. And as you might expect, whenever he is interviewed, not only does he get the chance to talk about the film, but he has to give an explanation/apology for his actions earlier this year at the Oscars when he slapped Chris Rock on stage.
, Smith appeared on The Daily Show with Trevor Noah to promote his upcoming film Emancipation and discuss how he's spent his year post-slap.Noah immediately turned his attention Smith's starring role in Emancipation, a slavery epic from director Antoine Fuqua about Whipped Peter—an escaped slave whose heavily scarred back was photographed and became one of the most graphic depictions of slavery, helping to galvanize abolitionists to end the institution once and for all. “Emancipation is not the kind of film we would expect to see you in as Will Smith,” said host Trevor Noah.
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