After the Oscar Awards last 27 March, during which Will Smith slapped Chris Rock in the face for making a joke about his wife Jada Pinkett Smith, the actor moved away from social networks and the public eye.
However, Will returned four months later and uploaded a video titled “It’s been a minute” on his YouTube channel to answer questions about the incident and issue another apology to Rock as well as a variety of people, including the comedian’s family.
“Chris, I apologize. My behavior was unacceptable and I’m here when you’re ready to talk,” “I want to apologize to Chris’s mom. I wasn’t thinking about how many people were injured at the time”, “Jada had nothing to do with it”, “I’m human and I made a mistake”, were just some of the phrases that Smith spoke in his recording.
And although he said he was deeply sorry, trying to be without being ashamed of himself Likewise, it is being alleged on social media that the ‘King Richard’ star used his apology video to promote a brand, which is, by the way, his son Jaden’s company.
Some fans with eagle eyes they saw a bottle of water placed on the table next to Will throughout the clip, which is almost 6 minutes long. But it wasn’t a bottle of any famous brand, it was ‘Just Water’, the eco-conscious beverage company that has been successful in the market while helping the environment and that Jaden founded in 2015 with the help of their parents.
Writing on Twitter, many claimed that this was a clear example of self-promotion rather than a true apology.
“Will Smith announcing his own bottled water company during his apology video makes it completely untrue”, “My favorite part of the video of Will Smith’s apology was the tactical placement of ‘Just Water,’” “Will Smith was super sincere in his apology video, but he’ll still get his son’s watermark off the ground. You have to add #WaterPartner in the description for legal reasons”, Internet users pointed out.