Almost a month after Chris Rock slapped him during the last Oscars ceremony, Will Smith reappeared in public for the first time at Mumbai airport.
Awarded on March 27 with the most coveted Hollywood statuette and immediately after indexed for the 'SlapGate' live, the actor of "Hitch" and "In Search of Happiness" flew to India to meet a guru, while the gossip bounces on the magazines according to which the marriage with Jada Pinkett is now close to the end.
Oscar winner on March 27 for "King Richard - A Winning Family", Smith resigned on April 1 from the Academy due to the media storm following the sganascione struck in Rock's face after the unhappy joke on the head of "JI Jane"
of Jada who shaves because he suffers from alopecia.
With the weapon of membership suspension or even expulsion drawn, the Academy's Board of Governors had approved a ten-year "break" from future Hollywood ceremonies.
Beyond the ostracism of his peers, the slap in the face was weighed in the decision of the studios to put Will's next projects in the freezer for the moment (but until when?).
The impact on the marriage with Jada, a roller coaster for some time, would also have been strong: according to the British tabloid "Heat", the couple could be close to divorce.
Academy had approved a ten-year "break" from future Hollywood ceremonies.
Beyond the ostracism of his peers, the slap live was weighed in the decision of the studios to put Will's next projects in the freezer for the moment (but until when?).
The impact on the marriage with Jada, a roller coaster for some time, would also have been strong: according to the British tabloid "Heat", the couple could be close to divorce.
Academy had approved a ten-year "break" from future Hollywood ceremonies.
Beyond the ostracism of his peers, the slap live was weighed in the decision of the studios to put Will's next projects in the freezer for the moment (but until when?).
The impact on the marriage with Jada, a roller coaster for some time, would also have been strong: according to the British tabloid "Heat", the couple could be close to divorce.
Now the trip to India, in the midst of what Jada, in her "Red Table Talk" show, called a "profound healing process" for the family.
Will was photographed by paparazzi (who according to TMZ had been forewarned of his arrival) at a private airport in Mumbai and then at the hotel, while the local press speculates on a visit to Jagadish "Jaggi" Vasudev, known as Sadhguru.
Owner of an ashram in South India, the guru counts anthropologist Jane Goodall, Deepak Chopra and singer will.i.am among his fans.
He had been a guest in 2020 in Smith's Los Angeles mansion who fell in love with it after reading his book "Inner Engineering" and decided to introduce it to the family.
"I want them to meet spiritual people to start interacting with people not anchored in the material world," the actor said at the time. Of his three children, at least Willow was touched: Sadhguru's teaching had served her very much, she had said, helping her out of an "existential crisis" that the girl was going through at the time.