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Smith, seated in a polo shirt and white ball cap, spoke directly to a camera, answering pre-selected questions about
Smith also apologized to RockB次元官网网址檚 family and especially his mother, Rosalie, who was horrified to see her son hurt and told US Weekly that, B次元官网网址淲hen he slapped Chris, he slapped all of us. He really slapped me.B次元官网网址� Smith also apologized to Tony Rock, ChrisB次元官网网址� younger brother.
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Many had speculated that Smith would appear on camera to discuss the slap first on Pinkett SmithB次元官网网址檚 online series B次元官网网址淩ed Table Talk,B次元官网网址� but he chose to do it in a social media video post without any follow-up questions or surprise queries.
Mark Kennedy, The Associated Press
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