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Bear in mind again in March 2022?
When Will Smith jumped up on stage on the Academy Awards and slapped host Chris Rock throughout the face after Rock made a joke at Jada Pinkett Smith’s expense?
We nonetheless can’t consider that occurred.
And but: It might not be probably the most embarrassing factor on Smith’s resume.
Will Smith performs on stage throughout the “Cabaret Vert” competition in Charleville-Mézières on August 17, 2025. ( (Picture by FRANCOIS NASCIMBENI / AFP)
The actor/rapper simply kicked off the UK leg of his new music tour — and, whereas doing so, Smith shared a promotional video from his official YouTube channel.
“My favorite part of tour is seeing you all up close. Thank you for seeing me too,” reads a caption connected to the footage, which depicts a big crowd throughout a live performance whereas followers cheer and stretch their fingers in the direction of the artist.
Properly. It purports to depict this not less than.
An entire bunch of astute observers have watched the video this week and questioned: Uhhh, did Smith us synthetic intelligence to conjure up these crowd-goers out of nowhere?
Will Smith performs on stage throughout the “Based On A True Story” Summer season Tour at Festhalle Frankfurt on July 18, 2025 in Frankfurt am Fundamental, Germany. (Picture by Andreas Rentz/Getty Photos)
Some pictures, for instance, characteristic viewers members with their faces showing blurred or distorted… whereas others appear to have oddly formed fingers, a few of which seem to have six fingers.
In a single display seize making the viral rounds, a person’s knuckle is somewhat blurry alongside together with his signal, which reads: “‘You Can Make It’ helped me survive cancer. THX Will.”
In the meantime, the girl in entrance of him is seemingly holding his hand, however the headband of the lady behind her is by some means over her wrist.
See for your self and make a willpower on the validity of this scene beneath:
(YouTube)
“Imagine being this rich and famous and having to use AI footage of crowds… Tragic, man,” one particular person wrote as a remark to the video.
One other agreed as follows:
“So not only is this an abomination to look at because it’s low quality phone footage that’s been heavily AI upscaled, but there’s also in-between scenes that are clearly AI-generated.”
There was additionally this from critic:
One fan remarked: “I don’t want to be that guy but: You can see many people in the crowd having six fingers or more, eyes smudged, faces are distorted. Proving that certain (well, almost all clips that show the audience) are AI-generated.”
Will Smith performs on stage throughout the Mawazine Competition in Rabat Morocco on June 25 2025. (ISSAM ZERROK/Hans Lucas/AFP through Getty Photos)
Smith just lately made an sudden comeback into the music business with the discharge of his first full-length album in 20 years.
The controversial opened his two-month summer time tour in July and can conclude it in September.
On this new album, in the meantime, Smith addresses the Oscars slap scandal instantly with the lyrics:
“I heard he won the Oscar but he had to give it back/ And you know they only made him do that shit because he’s Black.”
To be clear and correct, Smith did NOT need to return his Oscar.
As an alternative, the Academy banned him from attending any occasion associated to the group for 10 years.
Smith additionally resigned his Academy membership and issued an apology, saying that he was “deeply remorseful” for his actions.
