Stephen A. Smith isn’t as interested in seeing Will Smith in the new “Bad Boys” movie as he is in seeing the actor talk about his infamous Oscars slap.
Stephen A. said during a recent episode of The Stephen A. Smith Show that Smith still owes the Black community an explanation for slapping Chris Rock, claiming the community was “figuratively” slapped, as well.
“I’m not nearly as interested in seeing Will Smith in the movies than I am of seeing him doing an actual sit-down interview with somebody to explain why he did what he did,” he said.
“I don’t care if it’s with The Breakfast Club. I don’t care if it’s with Oprah. Because you know it ain’t gonna be me, right? He ain’t gonna sit down with me because some questions are gonna get asked; but I don’t care who it’s with. You gotta provide an explanation as to why that happened. It can’t be that you went to therapy and you learned the error of your ways, or you’ve addressed some of the demons that were plaguing you mentally and emotionally and spiritually. That’s not good enough! And even though we weren’t the ones that were slapped literally, ladies and gentlemen, figuratively, the Black community was slapped.”
Stephen A. then claimed Smith wouldn’t have done the same to a number of White comedians.
“We know you wouldn’t have smacked Ricky Gervais,” he continued, “Bill Maher, Bill Burr, or a host of others. We know you wouldn’t have done that. No apology necessary. I’m just saying a lot of folks ain’t get over that. A lot of folks find it hard to just go to the movies to watch you. I’m one of those people, and I never missed a Will Smith movie.”
In its opening weekend, “Bad Boys: Ride or Die” earned $104.6 million globally on a budget of approximately $100 million. Around 44% of ticket buyers, according to a report from Yahoo, were Black.
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