The Fresh Prince wants the world to love him again, writes Fiona Sturges. But he’s going about it the wrong way, with the most tortured career resurrection in recent times

  • Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works
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    11 hours ago

    Didn’t he punch some guy in the face for making a joke? Pretty sure I’ve never done that…

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      11 hours ago

      I thought he slapped a man for making a joke? I can see why many folks would see little difference, I mean violence is violence, but if we’re talking degrees Id rather get doses of slap then punch. Still unacceptable in the situation, however, and I believe what ever issue Will had that night skills have been handled in private.

      All that being said, the man has aged and people move on.

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        9 hours ago

        Will Smith is 6’2" and played Muhammed Ali. I can think of a lot of people I’d rather have punch me than get slapped by Will Smith.

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        He slapped a friend for a cheating whore that humiliated him a few months later, she was the biggest mistake he ever made, she was basically a stone drowning him while he was gasping for air and for that he’s not just an asshole but a dumbass and there’s also his cult bs, he could have had the world if he wasn’t so stupid.

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      9 hours ago

      He slapped someone for making a joke about his wife. Both were kinda out of line, so it balances out.

      I don’t really take anyone clutching their pearls over this seriously. They need to grow some balls.

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        8 hours ago

        Both were kinda out of line, so it balances out.

        No. It was a super tame joke, and Chris Rock was literally doing exactly what he was paid to do that night. In fact, he probably didn’t even write that joke

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      9 hours ago

      Chris rock.

      He made a joke about Jada’s Alocopeia (the hair condition thing, if I spelled that right.) and also some jokes about their open relationship.

      So, most of us can understand the impulse, I imagine. And most of us have enough sense not to make fun of medical conditions on a stage that large. To their face.

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        6 hours ago

        That doesn’t warrant getting on stage to slap a guy. And… As a guy, who slaps another guy? If you’re at the point of violence, who wouldn’t just throw a punch? Slapping another guy is embarrassing in and of itself.