Will Smith desperately needs to make us like him again, so he is posting videos of himself being “likable” on social media.
Most of them have been duds like his recent movies. But he posted one that made me laugh. He said, “How do you find Will Smith in Antarctica?” Then he walked away in the new snow and explained how “You follow the fresh prints.”
Get It? It’s funny. But not as funny as Chris Rock’s live standup special that is coming to Netflix on March 4th.
Netflix is going to do something they have never done before. They are going live! For this inaugural event, they asked Chris Rock to do the honors.
“Chris Rock is one of the most iconic and important comedic voices of our generation,” said Robbie Praw, Netflix Vice President of Stand-up and Comedy Formats. “We’re thrilled the entire world will be able to experience a live Chris Rock comedy event and be a part of Netflix history. This will be an unforgettable moment and we’re so honored that Chris is carrying this torch.”
What’s the worst that could happen? I mean, the last time that he did a live event was at the Oscars. Oh…
I am sure Will Smith is shitting a brick over this…as he should!
The comedian’s live event will stream early next year.
According to Will Smith, everybody hates Chris Rock. But, Paramount+ and Comedy Central still love him. Therefore, they will be doing an animated version of his 2005 sitcom called Everybody Still Hates Chris.
The comedian is still the narrator of his bioseriers, but it is unclear if any of the other cast will be reprising their roles. Terry Crews is hosting America’s Got Talent, Tichina Arnold stars in The Neighborhood, and Tyler James Williams can be seen on Abbott Elementary. So they are a little busy. However, I am sure they could make time to do some voice work for the beloved show.
In case you were wondering, Deadline. is reporting this series has been in development for a year and a half. Long before the slap that was heard around the world.
It has been about three months since Will Smith slapped Chris Rock at the Oscars over a bad joke the latter made about Jada Smith. Since then, he has been silent, but today he released an apology video.
Smith says that he reached out to Rock, but the victim is not ready to talk to him just yet. And if I were Rock, I wouldn’t talk to him because I think Smith would turn it into a publicity stunt.
The actor apologized to Rock’s family, his family, and the nominees, but not the hosts.
Smith also said that he was not provoked by his wife’s eye roll. He reacted to his history with Rock making fun of him and his wife.
The Bad Boy says, “disappointing people is his personal trauma. I hate when I let people down.” Then he said he is working on himself because of that, he is “deeply remorseful. And I am trying to be remorseful without being ashamed of myself.”
Smith admits that he made a mistake, but he is not trying to think of himself as a “piece of shit.” But he is for what he did. And admitting that will help him move forward in our eyes.
Finally, he concluded the nearly six-minute “apology” video with, “If you hang on, I promise we’ll be able to be friends again.”
So what is my take on this video? For someone who won the Oscar for Best Actor at this year’s Academy Awards, I would think he could’ve done a better acting job.
For someone who says he is remorseful, I didn’t see any of that. All I saw was his co-star in I, Robot.
