in his first major TV interview a tearful Will Smith reveals what led to that notorious Oscar slap it was a lot of things it was the the little boy that watched his father beat up his mother that was a rage that had been bottled for a really long time but at the end of the day I just I lost it he's also sharing a personal story how his young nephew stayed up late to watch the Oscars my nephew Dom is nine and he is the sweetest little boy he's like you know we came home and
it's like he had stayed up late to see his uncle will and he's just like why did you hit that man Uncle will you know damn it yeah why are you trying to Oprah me Smith appeared on The Daily Show with Trevor Noah to promote his film emancipation his first movie since the Oscars Fiasco the film is based on the true story of an escaped slave whose photo of his horribly scarred back revealed the horrific whippings he endured the film recreates The shocking image Smith says he understands the movie May face an uphill battle at
the box office but he hopes for the sake of the cast and crew people will watch the film these top artists in the world have done some of the best work of their career and the idea that they might be denied because of me is like ah foreign [Music]