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Will Smith: I Never Praised Hitler
Thursday December 27, 2007
Will Smith attends the I Am Legend film premiere on December 19, 2007 in London.
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Thursday December 27, 2007
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Hoping to clamp down on a flurry of controversy, Will Smith issued a statement Monday claiming comments he made about Adolf Hitler were misinterpreted.
He was quoted in Scotland's Daily Record as saying, "Even Hitler didn't wake up going, 'Let me do the most evil thing I can do today.'
"I think he woke up in the morning and using a twisted, backwards logic, he set out to do what he thought was 'good.'"
The writer followed up Smith's quotes by adding, "Remarkably, Will believes everyone is basically good," implying that Smith thought the dictator was a good person.
But the actor said the writer's comment was "an awful and disgusting lie," adding that Hitler was "a vile, heinous vicious killer."
Abraham H. Foxman, national director of the Anti-Defamation League, said he appreciated Smith's clarification.
"We welcome and accept Will Smith's statement that Hitler was a 'vicious killer' and that he did not mean for his remarks about the Nazi leader to be mistaken as praise," Foxman said in a statement.
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Posted by Mandi Illuzzi at 9:35 am ET
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1:56 PM
KittyKat Says:
2:41 AM
Anonymous Says:
he was misinterepreted because why in the world would he admire hitler? the man would have been killed by hitler for being black.. along with gays, jews, christians, muslims, catholics. anyone who believed in god and wasn't blonde, blue eyed, and white would die.
2:07 AM
Anonymous Says:
Amazing...nuff said!
2:07 AM
Anonymous Says:
I'm not a fan of his or anything, but I agree with the others that his remarks were taken completely out of context! There are plenty of things that celebrities say that we could complain about, but it's not fair to twist their words. I Am Legend was a great movie, BTW.
8:06 PM
Love is color blind! Says:
colored is good. He has a quality personal profile at interracialconnect.com -
free community for all interracial friendship or dates. wanna check and contact. Wanna date with hot& sexy girls?
5:23 PM
Ironic Post of the Day Says:
2:46 PM Anonymous Says:
222 anon- learn how to type idiot.
2:46 PM
Anonymous Says:
222 anon- learn how to type idiot.
2:45 PM
Anonymous Says:
He shouldn't have to explain himself. Only a moron would misinterpret that- someone that has nothing better to do.
2:22 PM
Anonymous Says:
I honstly start losing it for him for many reasons ....anyways, he said that as usual to support everthing and anything about that cult friend of his. I admire his loyality but it will eventually going to start costing him. He better be careful.
12:48 PM
hey Says:
I did not need any clarification. He said Hitler THOUGHT what he was doing was good. Again HITLER THOUGHT not WILL SMITH thought Hitler was doing GOOD things. Gosh that writer is an idiot!
12:41 PM
Pam Says:
I completely understood what Will was saying - I didn't need clarification. Why is it that journalists insist on putting their own twist on things to cause a stir?
