It’s no secret that Will Smith’s repute has taken an enormous hit after he slapped presenter Chris Rock through the Academy Awards broadcast over the comic’s “GI Jane” joke concerning the actor’s spouse, Jada Pinkett Smith.
Nonetheless, one one that’s confirmed to have Smith’s again is boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr.
Throughout a current London screening of his upcoming movie “Emancipation”, Smith revealed that Mayweather referred to as him the day after the Oscars — after which continued to name for 10 consecutive days.
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“I need to say one thing additionally about Floyd. So, we’ve met one another, we’ve seen one another round, however we weren’t, like, mates,” Smith stated in video obtained by TMZ Sports activities.
“And, the day after the Oscars, for 10 days he referred to as me day by day,” Smith added.
“And, he was like, ‘Ay, you recognize you the champ, proper? You good? You understand you the champ, proper? I would like you to listen to my voice say it,’” he continued.
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“That was day by day he referred to as me… and it’s like, that’s my dude ceaselessly proper there.”