Will Smith Says Floyd Mayweather Known as Him 10 Days Straight After Oscars Slap

Will Smith was in a darkish place after he slapped Chris Rock on the Oscars, however he had a champion in his nook — the actor says Floyd Mayweather known as him every single day for 10-straight days after the incident, simply to verify he was doing okay.

Smith made the revelation throughout a non-public screening of his new “Emancipation” film at The London resort … and with Floyd in attendance, he took a second to reward TBE for being there for him, despite the fact that they weren’t precisely greatest buds on the time.

“I need to say one thing additionally about Floyd,” Smith mentioned in video obtained by TMZ Sports activities. “So, we have met one another, we have seen one another round, however we weren’t like, pals.”

“And, the day after the Oscars, for 10 days he known as me every single day,” Smith added. “And, he was like, ‘Ay, you the champ, proper? You good? You understand you the champ, proper? I would like you to listen to my voice say it,'”

“That was every single day he known as me … and it is like, that is my dude eternally proper there.”

Smith has hardly ever spoken about the slapping incident — he solely launched an apology video again in July — so to listen to him go into element concerning the days following the incident is extremely uncommon.

As for the movie, Mayweather liked it.

“Emancipation captures an necessary time in historical past. The film has me on the sting of my seat all through all the movie,” Floyd tells us.

Producer Deon Taylor, Floyd’s associate on his upcoming docuseries, “The GOAT,” additionally spoke on the screening. Jona Rechnitz and James McNair, a part of the manufacturing staff, had been additionally in the home for the viewing.