Jazzy Julie

I think the reason for this is that Will's actions are directly related to the Oscars.  They want to save face.   The dealings of those other people, while vile and long term, aren't directly related to the Oscars. No one is associating their behavior with the Oscars like they are Will's.  That's just my guess at reasoning. 

I looked at twitter to see what peoples thoughts are on it. And most people are saying it’s unfair he’s been banned yet they haven’t banned people like Roman Polanski, Woody Allen and Harvey Weinstein. And they have a fair point. 
 
One person even wrote Will got a worse punishment than the people that stormed the capitol lol. 

Meanwhile Chris Rock will be back next year with a very funny monologue about Bruce Willis...

Although I think 10 years is such a long time, I feel a bit relieved by this news. I really didn’t want Will to lose his Oscar. Imagine how devastating that would be to lose an award you worked your whole life to get for a moment of madness. 
 
The Oscar’s had to punish him some way to show that they think violence is wrong, so Will had something coming to him just so the academy can look good.
Now that’s done it can become yesterdays news, Will can focus on himself and hopefully build his career back. 

That reminds me. I need to make an account with the lil Wayne forum to tell them all his music sucks. 

That reminds me. I need to make an account with the lil Wayne forum to tell them all his music sucks. 

Honestly, as much as i hate the situation, the memes are pretty funny. 
But yeah, the media need to take it easy now, they are interviewing every celebrity about it to try and get another headline. I'm disappointed in some celebrity takes on it. Amy schumer said it was really upsetting to see Will slap Chris Rock, then ive seen another story saying one of her jokes about the Alec Baldwin shooting accident wasn't allowed. Why does she think a joke about someone getting killed can be ok?
Anyway, people in glass houses shouldn't throw stones. Will made a mistake, we all make mistakes, let it go. 

He's definitely got some great content, it would also be a great way for him to vent. Everyone is talking about him right now (MIB was playing in my local supermarket) so i think people would be more interested in what he has to say right now. Its the whole, no publicity is bad publicity thing. 
It would be great for him to spend time with Jeff, JL and Charlie etc. From the book, those guys seem to of always been such a positive impact on his life. He was like his old self when he did that zoom thing with them in lockdown. 

That reminds me. I need to make an account with the lil Wayne forum to tell them all his music sucks. 

That reminds me. I need to make an account with the lil Wayne forum to tell them all his music sucks. 

Honestly, as much as i hate the situation, the memes are pretty funny. 
But yeah, the media need to take it easy now, they are interviewing every celebrity about it to try and get another headline. I'm disappointed in some celebrity takes on it. Amy schumer said it was really upsetting to see Will slap Chris Rock, then ive seen another story saying one of her jokes about the Alec Baldwin shooting accident wasn't allowed. Why does she think a joke about someone getting killed can be ok?
Anyway, people in glass houses shouldn't throw stones. Will made a mistake, we all make mistakes, let it go. 

Honestly, as much as i hate the situation, the memes are pretty funny. 
But yeah, the media need to take it easy now, they are interviewing every celebrity about it to try and get another headline. I'm disappointed in some celebrity takes on it. Amy schumer said it was really upsetting to see Will slap Chris Rock, then ive seen another story saying one of her jokes about the Alec Baldwin shooting accident wasn't allowed. Why does she think a joke about someone getting killed can be ok?
Anyway, people in glass houses shouldn't throw stones. Will made a mistake, we all make mistakes, let it go. 

I'm still trying to process this whole thing. If a week ago someone would of said this has happened, i wouldn't believe it.
I think my main concern is Wills mental health. He's a celebrity so none of us here truly know him. But most of us here have followed him for 20+ years, we've listened to his music which is his soul and read his book which he spoke so much truth. I feel like i know him well enough to know this isn't him. This is Kanye West type ****. Its especially not him to do this on the most public stage in the world. I want to know what lead him to react like that, is there something we don't know. I'm not saying theres any conspiracy here, it just has to be more than defending his wife from a joke.
I didn't really know what it meant to be a part of the academy. Turns out its like Visqo said, he just can't vote etc. He can still technically win oscars, however i don't think he will win anymore (he may even have his current one removed).
I don't think this is career ending, but i think its career damaging. The other guys that got removed from the academy where sex offenders, Will slapped someone. Theres a big difference there! 
Theres people on social media that are very loud to criticise but most people i know in real life love Will. I think the fact that hes so well loved and that this is his first major mistake in his 30 year career means he can recover from this. I'm sure its gonna take time. Most peoples take on this is to get a funny meme or a tiktok out of it. I don't think many people are truly offended by what he did, just shocked as its out of character. 
I don't want him to do the red table talk, that show has damaged his reputation already. He needs to stay quiet a bit, reflect on why he did this and slowly build his career back.

He's definitely got some great content, it would also be a great way for him to vent. Everyone is talking about him right now (MIB was playing in my local supermarket) so i think people would be more interested in what he has to say right now. Its the whole, no publicity is bad publicity thing. 
It would be great for him to spend time with Jeff, JL and Charlie etc. From the book, those guys seem to of always been such a positive impact on his life. He was like his old self when he did that zoom thing with them in lockdown. 

Firstly, hi everyone, sad we couldn't be meeting under better circumstances.
I've been unsure what to think of this all day and I've been looking at everyone's opinions. Firstly i was really dissapointed for me to wake up at 6am and look at my phone to see if he'd won his first Oscar and it took me 5 mins to find out because it was so overshadowed with what he did. When i first saw the clip i didn't actually get Chris Rocks joke because im not familiar with GI Jane. As much as dislike Jada at the moment, that joke was uncalled for. I've certainly heard worse but we don't know what shes been through and if Will has seen her really upset with the struggle with her hair.
Will should not of slapped Chris though, especially live on television at the biggest award show in the world. These days you can get cancelled for that kind of crap, i'm surprised its actually 50/50 on peoples thoughts on him.
The main thing i feel about this, i'm worried for Will. It mostly started seeing him in tears on the red table talk when they spoke about entanglement, that had to be hard. The public humiliation hes had since must be rough, especially when hes spent his career being so loved. Then he clearly had issues when i read his book, it just goes to show peoples lives aren't as perfect as they look. 
I think this was the straw that broke the camels back and i really hope he isnt stripped of his oscar over this. And i hope he gets help for his mental health, this reminds me of Britney shaving her head kind of moment. Its out of character for him to break his "Mr Fluffy" persona so publicly.
 
Anyway, congratulations to him i suppose, King Richard was a great film. 

Ok if I've done this right, if you play that video, it should go onto the next song when it's finished. I'm missing the 2nd part of Nightmare and the 2nd part of I wanna rock. Other than that, it's pretty much the full concert.    

The key words are “new songs”.
 
excited!!! 

This is the best rap verse I’ve heard in years. I was getting worried Will wouldn’t be able to write as good as he used to but that’s better than some of his older stuff.
Hes been so clever with building his Instagram and YouTube channels so people love him, then boom drops that on them. And the reponce couldn’t be better.

I’m so excited, you can’t ask for a bigger stage than that. I’m not mentally prepared for this haha.
world cup songs are usually so uplifting, hopefully his lyrics will be amazing. 

I’m going. Tickets were just £5, bargain. I’m going with a couple of friends who have never seen him and are desperate to.

I’m going. Tickets were just £5, bargain. I’m going with a couple of friends who have never seen him and are desperate to.

I was thinking holla back vibes too but I don’t know why.
The longer Will leaves it the more I want the full version. It’s pretty clever how he built his social media and YouTube channel and then put this out there.
Good times to be a Will Smith fan.

I can’t believe this
I can’t believe this
I’m rattled life in pieces
like Seattle nights and sleepless
I’m grieving, I’m speechless
I’m dying not faecitious
I was drinking, she was drinking
We was dancing wasn’t thinking
It’s not excuses
Look the truth is
i just cut loose is
Just what grey goose produced this?
I swear if we get through this
I’ll never ever do this again
Baby let me prove it
Please don’t throw me deuces
Look at me
Boo pleas look at me
My words keep coming out crookedly
but they can’t capture look and see
I’ll do anything 
Abstinence 
I’m passionate
I’ll be an activist
Against other assholes who act like this
But let’s not end cause of an accident
-Chorus-
Freak... Accident
I don’t know how I got into this
She was a freak... accident

Awesome. That license plate looks great!

I thought I'd share my experience from a week ago when I finally got the chance to meet Will or at least see him live.
I haven't been on the forums here in a long long time, but Will was here in Australia recently and I couldn't pass up the opportunity to try to see him in when it was announced that the morning show, Sunrise was going to have an exclusive interview and meet and greet with the man himself. 
Messaged the boss and told him that I wasn't coming in for that reason and he gave me the all clear. Got on the phone to my best mate and told him what was up and the next morning we were right there at the fence-line waiting for Will to come out.
I took with me a couple of things I was hoping to get signed, including a couple of shirts and a custom made FRESH licence plate. 
Unfortunately, I didn't get a chance to exchange words with Will or even get a selfie, which some people were fortunate enough to get, however, not all was lost. I managed to get in at the nick of time for Will to sign my licence plate.
To say the least I was beside myself with excitement.
Definitely a bucket list moment for me and I hope I get the chance again to try for a selfie and chat. 
I've attached some pics from the day. I know that some of the pics aren't the greatest of quality but in the heat of the moment it was very hard to get a good picture and try to get things signed and get Will's attention :P.