Will Smith addresses Oscars slap in new video

Will Smith is "deeply remorseful" about slapping Chris Rock on the Academy Awards in March.

Smith posted a video to his verified Instagram account and on YouTube on Friday that started with the phrases on display, "It has been a minute".

"Over the previous couple of months, I have been doing a whole lot of considering and private work...," the assertion reads.

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Will Smith posts emotional apology video for Oscars slap, says Chris Rock is 'not prepared' to talk with him(YouTube/WillSmith)

"You requested a whole lot of honest questions that I wished to take a while to reply."

Smith can then be heard sighing, he enters the display and addresses to digital camera why he did not apologise to Rock throughout his Oscars acceptance speech following his win for finest actor for his function in King Richard.

"I used to be fogged out by that time," Smith says.

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"It is all fuzzy. I've reached out to Chris and the message that got here again is that he is not prepared to speak and when he's, he'll attain out. So I'll say to you Chris, I apologise to you. My behaviour was unacceptable and I am right here each time you're prepared to speak."

CNN has reached out to representatives for Rock for remark.

Smith additionally apologises to Rock's mom, household and his brother, Tony Rock, who had starred within the 2007 sitcom All of Us, which was created by Smith and his spouse Jada Pinkett Smith.

"We had an ideal relationship," Smith says. "Tony Rock was my man and that is in all probability irreparable."

Smith walked on stage on the Oscars and slapped Chris Rock, who was presenting on the time, after he made a joke about Smith's spouse's shaved head.

Pinkett Smith suffers hair loss as a consequence of alopecia, an autoimmune situation that may result in hair loss.

Smith addresses why he did not apologise to Rock throughout his Oscars acceptance speech following his win for finest actor(AP)

In his video, Smith additionally solutions the query as as to whether or not his spouse, after rolling her eyes at Rock's joke, had requested him to do one thing in that second by saying she didn't.

He additionally apologises to her, their kids, and his fellow Academy Award nominees within the put up.

Smith says he "spent the final three months replaying and understanding the nuance and the complexities of what occurred in that second."

Smith additionally apologises to Rock's mom, household and his brother, Tony Rock, who had starred within the 2007 sitcom All of Us, which was created by Smith and his spouse Jada Pinkett Smith(YouTube/WillSmith)

"I am not going to attempt to unpack all of that proper now, however I can say to all of you, there isn't any a part of me that thinks that was the fitting strategy to behave in that second," he says.

"There isn't any a part of me that thinks that's the optimum strategy to deal with a sense of disrespect or insults."

Smith provides that it hurts him to know that he did not dwell as much as the picture individuals had of him.

Smith additionally solutions the query as as to whether or not his spouse, after rolling her eyes at Rock's joke, had requested him to do one thing in that second by saying she didn't(Getty)

"Disappointing individuals is my central trauma," he says." I hate after I let individuals down so it hurts."

Smith directs a message to his supporters, saying he is dedicated "to placing gentle and love and pleasure into the world."

"If you happen to hold on I promise we'll have the ability to be pals once more," he concludes.

The Academy has sanctioned Smith by banning him from attending the Oscars for the following 10 years.