Will Smith: From an open marriage to a fight with the cast, remember the actor’s controversies

Best Actor Oscar winner for “King Richard: Coaching Champions,” Will Smith, 53, also drew attention at the awards for another reason. The artist slapped the face of comedian Chris Rock, 57, who had made a joke about Jada Pinkett, 50, Smith’s wife.

The moment, which took place on Sunday night (27), came to be among the most talked about topics on Twitter on Monday morning (28) and generated debate among internet users. However, this is not the only time the actor has been involved in controversial events.

From the fight with the actress Janet Hubert on the set of “A Nutty in the Piece”, to statements about his sex life, open marriage and even the dream of having a “harem” of girlfriends, Will Smith has been revealing several revelations in recent months. . Here are five of the actor’s controversies.

BETRAYAL AND OPEN MARRIAGE

Will and Jada have been together since 1997, and in September last year they revealed that they are no longer in a monogamous relationship and are now in an open relationship, despite rumors of the open relationship circulating for many years.

In July 2021, the couple had claimed to be separated, after Jada’s involvement with rapper August Alsina, 29, which ended up going public and indicating an alleged betrayal. However, Alsina even said that the affair with the actress was allowed by Will. In November, with the release of his biographical book “Will”, the actor stated that he was also having experiences with other partners.

“Jada never believed in conventional marriage,” explained the actor at the time of the revelation. In 2018, Jada had said that she did not want to marry the actor. She said she walked down the aisle with the actor because she was forced by her mother after announcing that she was pregnant. “I cried all the way down the aisle. I was so upset that I had to get married,” she said at the time.

FANS ASKED ME NOT TO GIVE MORE INTERVIEWS

Also at the time of the release of his book, the actor made controversial statements about his sex life and ended up displeasing some fans. In one of the revelations, he said that at one point in his life, he was having so much sex that having an orgasm made him throw up.

“I had sex with so many women, and it was so unpleasant for me that I developed a psychosomatic reaction to having an orgasm. It literally made me gag and sometimes even vomit,” he said, who recalls that he was heartbroken after discovering the betrayal. from his girlfriend Melanie.

“I’m knowing too much about Will Smith’s sex life,” said a fan at the time. “Okay. I definitely didn’t need to know that,” wrote a second. “Online petition for Will Smith to stop doing interviews please,” said another.

EDUCATED THE CHILDREN JADEN AND WILLOW WITHOUT SCHOOL

As is allowed in the United States, Will Smith decided to educate his children, fruits of his relationship with Jada, at home, with the help of tutors. As a result, Jaden, 23, and Willow, 20, did not attend school. The actor talked about his decision in an interview with T Magazine in 2014.

“School life is not authentic because when it ends it is not real, it is not real. Our learning will never end. The school we go to each morning is the same one we will continue to go to. boring, depressed,” he explained.

DIDN’T ACCEPT TO RECORD GAY KISS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE CAREER

In the early 1990s, Will gave an interview to Entertainment Weekly and told about the time he refused to film a gay kissing scene. According to the website Showbiz CheatSheet, the scene would be part of the movie “Six Degrees of Separation” (1993).

The plot tells the story of Paul, a young man who approaches a high society couple in New York to enjoy life with them. At one point, the young man kisses Trent Conway (Anthony Michael Hall), a man who teaches him how to trick people to get money.

The kiss was supposed to have been done by Smith and Hall, but ended up being filmed with stunt doubles. The actor made a point of recalling the controversy in order to apologize for his behavior. “It was very immature of me. I was thinking, ‘What are my friends in Philadelphia going to think of this?'” he said in an interview with EW.

FIGHT ON THE SET OF ‘A CRAZY IN THE PIECE’

Star of the series “A Maluco no Pedaço”, Will has already had a disagreement with actress Janet Hubert, 66, who was the first interpreter of the character Tia Vivian, who left the series after the clash with the artist, and began to blame him for his decline in Hollywood.

In the series special, released by HBO in 2020, the actor apologized for the first time to Hubert. “During her gestation period I was not sensitive and insightful. Today, with three children, I learned some things I didn’t know at the time. I would have done everything very differently. I see how I made things very different for Janet,” she said. Smith.

Despite this, Hubert emphasized that the feud had stalled his career. “You took everything out of me with your words. Words can kill. I’ve lost everything; reputation. Everything. I understand you’ve managed to move on. You know those words… call a black woman ‘difficult’ in Hollywood It’s the kiss of death,” he added.