Will Smith Advised a Doctor to Watch the Oscars Slap: Talking Jada Pinkett, Says Marlon Wayans
Marlon Wayans has revealed that he asked Will Smith to see a doctor after his controversial encounter with Chris Rock during the 94th Academy Awards.
Wayans gave some more insight into the slap heard around the world, in a recent interview with Big Boy, sharing what Smith was determined to do during the Oscars by paying more attention to his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith. did, achieved the opposite. After slapping Chris Rock on stage.
"I was like, 'Hey bro, you want to go about three hours of therapy,'" he recalled Smith saying.
"15 hours this week, you need to sit down and have a long talk with a therapist. Something is happening to you." And that wasn't him. Look, I don't have that kind of pressure. He's been black excellence for 30 years, I've been black wellness, not a lot of pressure. ... People expect me to do stupid things But he? No, won't."
After recalling the time when someone threatened to fight him over a joke he made, Marlon Wayans shared that he initially thought the slap that Will Smith gave to Chris Rock was fake.
"I thought someone put something in my weed," he said. "I think the pressure of being excellent at 30, that's hard to do. That guy just snapped. You have to check on your strong friends. ... Something was wrong with him, and he forgot what he was for 30 years." doing work. "
Therapy is a great tool that more and more people are using lately to take care of their mental health. And it looks like the recommendation Marlon Wayans gave to Will Smith in response to the slap. therapy, and more.
It is finally unclear how Will Smith is taking care of his mental health privately as the fallout from his Oscar slap continues. He recently made headlines for traveling to India for a meditative retreat, so it looks like he's trying to find peace amidst the noise.