Where? Will SmithHe won the Oscar in his role as lead actor in King RichardHis mother is Caroline BrightHe was delighted to have been awarded an Academy Award.
She said that she knows how hard he works and was able to tell this in an interview with WPVI TV/6abc. “And he never half steps….And I’ve been waiting and waiting and waiting. When I first heard his name, I just said, “Yes!”
She also witnessed what happened before Will, which she slapped Chris Rock onstage after the comedian, who’d been presenting the award for Best Documentary Feature Film, made a G.I. Jane joke about the actor’s wife Jada pinkett Smith, who has a shaved head and has spoken about her alopecia diagnosis in the past. Chris was told by Will, once he had returned to his place to take Chris’s advice to not mention her name in public.
Just like the rest of the viewers, Caroline was shocked by what had taken place. She said, “He’s a very kind, friendly person,” and that it was the first occasion she’d ever seen him do this. The first time in his lifetime….I’ve never seen him do that.”