Will Smith had a prescient 'vision' of the destruction of his career

Premonitory and psychotropic vision.

In an interview recorded before the 94th Academy Awards, Will Smith recounted the strange hallucinatory experience he had during a retreat in Peru.

His premonitory vision: that of his

.

He told David Letterman, on

that after taking ayahuasca – a hallucinogenic herb that is consumed as an infusion – he began to feel the effects of mind-altering drugs.

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“Once you drink it, you see yourself in a way you've never seen.

And it was the most hellish individual psychological experience of my life,

Will Smith tells David Letterman

"Maybe it won't work this time."

The sequel to this psychedelic nightmare is no more reassuring: he heard his daughter Willow screaming for help

but he couldn't see where she was.

he recalls.

Will Smith then explains why, according to him, his unconscious directed him towards this vision.

'This is what the fuck. This is it. the fucking life

.

When the Hollywood star came to his senses, he

David Letterman's show, although shot before the Oscars, only aired this week in the US, putting an even more dramatic spin on Will Smith's "vision".

At the ceremony on March 27, the actor took the stage to slap Chris Rock after he made fun of his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, who has alopecia.

Will Smith received in tears, a few minutes later, the Oscar for best actor.

But the Academy has chosen to ban the American star from the Oscars for a period of ten years.

Several of his projects, including two films,

Netflix's

, have been put on hold.