It's amazing how Will Smith's career instantly recovered and nobody even talks about the slap anymore. Everybody had to choose between Will and Chris

[Pseudo]

Let's see how Bad Boy does first before we make grand statements

 

[rabbid]

people realized it was all mind control from that bald headed witch

plus there was no real fallout.. they still together and Chris never pressed charges. it was a friendly fade, denzel shed some tears & now we back getting jiggy with it. only people still salty are precious whites that don't understand how such a nice black man could do such a thing.

 

[DaPresident]

I stopped after 2 but blessings to Will…


Smacked up that pussass nikka Chris for talking ish but not being ready to stand on it…

Get cho money king! And shouts out to Jada, keeping a bag and being the best beard she can be! Keep the sons friends on the low tho sis!



This black love in 2024

 

[V Skyye]

And this has barely been on anyone’s radar. Tom Cruise has all but abandoned his daughter with Katie Holmes for Scientology. While Will is at the premiere with his wife and all three of his kids.

 

[Swahili P'Bitek]

The last bad boys might as well been called captain latin america, will's b*stard son was untouchable.

 

[Trav]

Why would the FBI be involved and why is it a federal crime? Because they were on a plane? What am I missing?

Flight staff called FBI who did investigation

 

[The God Poster]

He didn't recover fully

Let's see how the movie does...that will be the real sign

How well does it need to do in order to recover?

 

[inndaskKy]

Flight staff called FBI who did investigation

Not that I don't believe those reports are probably true to the letter and I can definitely see him doing that sort of thing and I'm not saying it isn't wrong, but it feels like it's a bit of an exaggeration or even a set-up on her part too. I can definitely see her being the kind of person pushing a guy like him to the brink and getting the kids riled up against him.

I guess I'm not that shocked although it's definitely very different from the perfect family image with the children that they tried so hard to portray in the media all those years.

 

[The Intergalactic Koala]

We got ADD out here, we on to the next Thing QUICK!

Plus, twas a slap... celebrities have done WAY worse..get low for a lil minute then popped back up like nothing happened and everybody forgot about it...

I can name like 4 celebs who killed people in severe car accidents but nobody brings those up anymore.

 

[richaveli83]

People have moved on but they'll always bring up the slap. Will was always seen as the "good guy" in Hollywood but after that slap and Jada going crazy promoting her book last year, I don't think people feel like that anymore.

As far as Bad Boys 4, I don't think it's going to be a huge blockbuster. It will either break even or possibly lose a small amount of money for the studio.

 

[PatCake]

The hypocrisy in here is astounding when someone is generally liked

Even when y'all faves are jailed for serious crimes. It's fake outrage for a couple of months and then after: "free my nikka xyz"

 

[ThrobbingHood]

Will Smith solidified his black female audience because:

1. His female fanbase love watching black men crash out and sabotage their lives/career over anything trivial, or perceived as disrespect. They live vicariously through Jada and her ‘entanglement’ situation.

2. This was revenge on Chris Rock and his exposé with “Good Hair.” That documentary was seen as a betrayal. shyt, if Chris Rock had a white wife but didn’t make that documentary, there’d be more sympathy for Rock but that slap was pay back.

 

[ThrobbingHood]

You ain't finished yet. Go back and read it again

Damn, brehs are giving out homework on the forum now.

 

[Trav]

Not that I don't believe those reports are probably true to the letter and I can definitely see him doing that sort of thing and I'm not saying it isn't wrong, but it feels like it's a bit of an exaggeration or even a set-up on her part too. I can definitely see her being the kind of person pushing a guy like him to the brink and getting the kids riled up against him.

I guess I'm not that shocked although it's definitely very different from the perfect family image with the children that they tried so hard to portray in the media all those years.

I'm sure the truth is somewhere in between as it always is in situations like these but the fact of the matter is, there is some truth to it regardless.

Da creh Pitts even admits as much (in some interview or something) but tried to soft serve it by saying he was just tryna "restrain" the kid(s) so that they didn't get hurt. Yea, aight buddy .

And he's also copped to drinking problems and whatnot and being high & shyt in most of his relationship before Jolie so clearly da breh either got or had sum substance abuse issues too that prolly enhanced wateva bullshyt he was on.

 

[Biscayne]

Exactly, is he still making films, yes, but the brand is damaged

The box office numbers will tell the truth of it. None of that brand stuff matters if the numbers don’t reflect the “damage”. He’s had flops before the slap anyways. Clearly the public and Hollywood has moved on.