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Willow Smith chalks up father's Oscars slap to being human

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Willow Smith is sharing her thoughts on the Oscars slap involving her father, Will Smith, and fellow Hollywood star Chris Rock. In an interview with Billboard, she revealed she wasn’t as bothered as the rest of the world when the incident occurred at the 2022 Academy Awards. In fact, when media scrutiny followed, she said it didn’t “rock me as much as my own internal demons.”

In Willow’s eyes, the slap simply showed that her father was being human — a right that is not always afforded to celebrities, like her entire family.

“I see my whole family as being human, and I love and accept them for all their humanness,” she said. “Because of the position that we’re in, our humanness sometimes isn’t accepted, and we’re expected to act in a way that isn’t conducive to a healthy human life and isn’t conducive to being honest.”

Willow’s thoughts come days after Will issued another apology for his behavior at the Academy Awards.

“I apologize to you, my behavior was unacceptable, and I’m here whenever you’re ready to talk,” he said in a message to Chris. “There is no part of me that thinks that was the right way to behave in that moment. There is no part of me that thinks that’s the optimal way to handle a feeling of disrespect or insult.”

Will also issued an apology to his fans, family, fellow nominees and Oscar winners, including Questlove, who accepted his Oscar for Best Documentary Feature shortly after the altercation.

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The Dream releasing documentary to celebrate debut album's 15th anniversary

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The Dream is releasing a special documentary to celebrate the 15-year anniversary of his debut Love/Hate, the “album that changed everything.” The film is slated to drop in December to coincide with the month he released the project.

Love/Hate came out on December 11, 2007, and boasted the singles “Shawty Is a 10,” “Falsetto” and “I Luv Your Girl” — which all charted on the Billboard Hot 100’s top 40.

The record marked The Dream’s first body of work as a singer. He’d previously made a name for himself as a songwriter and producer, helping develop songs like Rihanna‘s “Umbrella,” Beyoncé‘s “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)” and “Bed” by J. Holiday.

Most recently, he tapped into his production skills for Bey’s “Break My Soul,” the lead single off her Renaissance album.

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Bow Wow tapped as host for BET's 'After Happily Ever After' dating series

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Bow Wow is returning to BET after an eight-year hiatus, and no, it’s not for a 106 & Park revival. Deadline reports the star, whose birth name is Shad Moss, will host the network’s new unscripted dating series, After Happily Ever After, set to premiere this fall.

The show will see exes set their past lovers up in an effort to “help them move on and find love once again.” 

As the host of the series, Bow will arrange singles parties attended by potential prospects and exes who are scouting matches for their former partners. The exes will then invite one of the prospects back to the house for a two-day period in which their past lovers will determine whether or not they’ll “keep the prospect or send them back to the singles pool.”

A few celebrity daters will make appearances, Deadline reports, though names have not been disclosed.

“We look forward to airing this entertaining dating series that will help singles find love. This show promises to be full of surprises, twists, and turns that will leave viewers asking for more,” said Tiffany Lea Williams, executive vice president of BET Unscripted Programming. “We are also thrilled to welcome Bow Wow home to BET and to partner with Bunim/Murray Productions, who has been creating unscripted hits for three decades and always delivers their latest guilty pleasures to viewers. We can’t wait to add After Happily Ever After to our winning portfolio of acclaimed unscripted shows that engage and delight fans across all of our platforms worldwide.”

Bow Wow previously hosted 106 & Park and expressed a desire to revive the music video show, but said BET wasn’t interested.

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