Will Smith's mother speaks about son's first Oscar, stage confrontation

STATEMENT SHE DO NOT CONDONE VIOLENCE OF ANY KIND. >>> "ACTION NEWS" ANCHOR SHARRIE WILLIAMS IS HERE NOW WITH AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH MEMBERS OF WILL SMITH'S FAMILY HIS MOTHER AND SISTER WHO SPOKE TO HER FROM THEIR HOME IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY TONIGHT. SHARRIE. >> SO GRASH YOURLY SHE LET ME IN RICK TO TALK ABOUT THIS. EVERYONE IS TALKING ABOUT IT. LIKE ANY OTHER MOTHER, CARLIN SMITH THINKS THE WORLD OF HER SON, BILL SMITH. SHE SAYS WILL CONSTANTLY PUTS THE FAMILY FIRST BUT HE IS LOVING AND SO EVEN-KEELED. FAMILY DOESN'T WANT THAT UNCHARACTERISTIC MOMENT TO DEFINE THE MAN THAT THEY ADORE AND ADMIRE BUT WILL'S MOM SHARED WITH ME THAT SHE NEVER COULD HAVE PREDICTED WHAT WAS COMING. >> I THOUGHT HE SHOULD HAVE OSCAR FOR ALL OF THEM. >>REPORTER: CARLIN SMITH BEAMING WITH PRIDE, SON MEGA STAR ACTOR WILL SMITH FINALLY WON AN OSCAR. >> I KNOW HOW HE WORKS. HOW HARD HE WORKS. AND HE NEVER HALF STEPS. AND JUST TO SEE HIM IN -- I'VE BEEN WAITING AND WAITING AND WAITING. AND WHEN I HEARD THE NAME, I WAS JUST YES. >>REPORTER: ON WHO HOLLYWOOD'S BIGGEST NIGHT SHE GOT UP EARLY AND WAS THE FIRST TO SEND A TEXT IN FAMILY'S SPECIAL GROUP CHAT. >> I STARTED OUT WITH GOOD MORNING WE'VE GOT TO SAY GOOD LUCK AND CONGRATULATIONS TO UNCLE WILL. >> BUT NO ONE WOULD HAVE PREDICTED HOW THE NIGHT WOULD UNFOLD. AS SMITH FAMILY GATHERED IN FAMILY HOME IN SUBURBS OF PHILADELPHIA, MRS. SMITH, WILL'S SISTERS ELLEN AND PAM, OTHERS DRESSED UP GATHERED AROUND THE TV TO WATCH THEIR HERO WILL SMITH. BUT BEFORE THE AWARD CAME A VERY AWKWARD AND STUNNING MOMENT. THE NOW INFAMOUS SLAP AT THE OSCARS. WILL SMITH STRIKING COMEDIAN CHRIS ROCK AFTER HE MADE A JOKE ABOUT HIS WIFE JADA PINKETT'S SMITH'S HAIR SHE'S LOSING BECAUSE OF ALOPECIA. FAMOUS ACTOR BORN AND RAISED IN WEST PHILADELPHIA WHO ALWAYS SEEMED TO BE COOL AND COLLECTED, LOST IT. EVEN WILL'S MOTHER ADMITS SHE WAS SURPRISED. >> HE IS A VERY EVEN PEOPLE PERSON. AND THAT'S THE FIRST TIME I'VE BEFORE SEEN HIM GO OFF. THE FIRST TIME IN HIS LIFETIME. >>REPORTER: IT SURPRISED YOU TOO, HUH. >> IT DID. IT DID. I NEVER SEEN HIM DO THAT. >> WILL SMITH'S YOUNGER SISTER ELLEN SAID SHE WATCHED HER BROTHER CONSTANTLY EXCEL UNDER APPRECI PRESSURE AND UNDER THE SPOTLIGHT OF HOLLYWOOD. >> EVERYONE HAS BEEN BULLIED ABUSED SOME KIND OF WAY. I TOTE FLEE UNDERSTAND PEOPLE LIKE OH, I WISH I WAS IN SUCH-AND-SUCH SHOES THOSE ARE MY GOALS AND EVERYTHING. LIKE BUT YOU REALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT IT TAKES TO GET THERE AND I'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH HIM AND IT'S LIKE REALLY KIND OF BROKE MY HEART LISTENING TO THE THINGS THAT HE SAID HE HAD TO GO THROUGH TO GET TO WHERE HE IS. >> WHILE THE WORLD MAY HAVE VARYING OPINIONS, THERE'S NO CONTROVERSY FOR THIS FAMILY. >> FRESH PRINCE CAST. >>REPORTER: THEY'RE PROUD OF WILL AND WHO HE'S BECOME AND KNOW HE WILL MAKE THE RIGHT MOVES GOING FORWARD. >> I AM PROUD OF HIM BEING HIM. >>REPORTER: SHE SUPPORTS HER SON SHE'S VERY PROUD OF HIM. BUT I SAID DID YOU TALK WITH WILL TODAY. SHE SAID SHE DID. >> I SAID WHAT WAS YOUR ADVICE. >> SHE SAID SHE TOLD HIM GET SOME REST AND GO ON VACATION. SEND IT BACK OVER TO YOU RICK. >> SHARRIE THANK YOU FOR THAT INTERVIEW AND FOR THAT REPORT. BY THE WAY, THERE WERE PLENTY OF OTHER BIG OSCAR MOMENTS INCLUDING PHILADELPHIA'S OWN QUESTLOVE LAST NIGHT. YOU CAN WATCH THOSE PLUS A RECAP

Channel: 6abc Philadelphia

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Keywords: will smith, oscars slap 2022, chris rock, will smith mother Carolyn Smith, philadelphia family, academy awards king richard actor, will smith apology

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Length: 3min 28sec (208 seconds)

Published: Tue Mar 29 2022