Will Smith's mother speaks about son's first Oscar, stage confrontation

Carolyn Smith is beaming with pride after her superstar son Will Smith finally won an Oscar.

"I know how he works, how hard he works...I've been waiting and waiting and waiting. When I heard the name, I was just, 'Yes!'" said the actor's mother in an exclusive interview with Action News.

On Hollywood's biggest night, she got up early and was the first to send a text on the family's special group chat.

"I started out saying, 'Good morning, we've got to say good luck to Uncle Will," Carolyn Smith recalled.

But no one would have predicted how Hollywood's biggest night would unfold.

As the Smith family gathered in their family home in the suburbs of Philadelphia, the actor's mother, sisters and others dressed up and gathered around the TV to watch their hero.

[ubckcxw]

Feel bad for Chris Rock’s family. Must have been horrible to see him physically attacked. Will Smith’s behavior was inexcusable.

[moses]

He pays their bills. Why would they critique him in public 🤔
Moral is: they wouldn't 🥱

[jacobtwyford]

will smith took one of the most forgettable jokes i’ve ever heard, and turned it into something eternal🤦‍♂️

[carolbarry]

Stop it! Anyone with that explosive response has not been an angel their entire life. Will has anger management issues and needs consequences and help.

[nyreppin]

But what about Chris? The man who was assaulted? How's he doing? What does HIS family think?

[fernanmontevista]

That slap by Will will be more remembered than any awards given including him.

[merricc]

Why don’t we hear from Chris Rock’s teenaged kids and how it felt for them to see their father assaulted onstage and the assailant not only not removed from the premises but rewarded and given a standing ovation?

[jedediyahaaronyisrael]

My mother loves me more than words can describe, like nobody else will and can ever love me, BUT she rebukes me when I do wrong. A loving rebuke is a vital component of love.

[LeadfootLou]

It would be nice to see an interview with Chris Rock’s mom.

[Penellabella]

Privileged is when you can walk on stage during a live award show and slap a man. Then sit back down in the front row and cuss him out.. Only to return to the stage fifteen minutes later to be given and award and make a speech acting like a victim.... If this is not privilege I don't know what is.

[tthomas]

He was MORE than wrong for what he did! Sometimes parents have to admit when their children do wrong!

[AndrewKidd]

Lmao she’s like “I told him not to marry her” in her head the entire time.

[leopoldoastudillo]

His son wrote: "AND THAT'S HOW WE DO THINGS!"
To me, that kid is expressing so many negative feelings with that simple line.

[twilightpurpleglow]

Will Smith sealed his fate. He will forever be remembered for what he did at the awards no matter how great an actor he is.

[dicedreams]

A mother's love is always blind 😔

[artieross]

There's "NO" justification for assaulting a person over a joke.

[titania]

Will Smith ruined the Oscar experience for everyone including himself by his totally out of order behavior. There was NOTHING to be angry about...they should have laugh it out. After all, she's often preferred short hair...

[Tortilla_Pizzeria_Pixels]

Will literally was laughing at Chris's joke, and just slapped him because his wife told him to.

[Sunny_NYC_]

My mother always told me that if I committed a crime that she could not help me at all because that’s not the way she raised me what Will Smith did was a crime.

[annabellswint]

Wrong is wrong. As a mother I have had to criticize my children with love....that's what parents do!