“Will Smith is “deeply remorseful” about slapping Chris Rock at the Academy Awards in March.

“Smith posted a video to his verified Instagram account on Friday that began with the words on screen, “It’s been a minute.”

“”Over the last few months, I’ve been doing a lot of thinking and personal work…,” the statement reads. “You asked a lot of fair questions that I wanted to take some time to answer.”

“Smith can then be heard sighing, he enters the screen and addresses to camera why he didn’t apologize to Rock during his Oscars acceptance speech following his win for best actor for his role in “King Richard.””

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