When actor Will Smith sat down on The Daily Show with Trevor Noah to promote his film Emancipation, the conversation inevitably turned to this year's Oscars ceremony.
Smith won his first Oscar in March for playing the father of tennis greats Venus and Serena Williams in King Richard.
But that's not what everyone was talking about.
In one jaw dropping instant, Smith took to the stage, slapping comedian Chris Rock, who had made a joke about Smith's wife, Jada Pinkett Smith.
He's been banned from attending Academy Award ceremonies for the next decade.
"There's many nuances and complexities to it," Smith told Noah.
"But at the end of the day, I just … I lost it.
"And I guess what I would say is you just never know what somebody's going through."
Smith then addressed the live audience at the show's taping.
"You know in the audience right now you're sitting next to strangers and somebody's mother died last week.
"Somebody's child is sick. Somebody just lost their job. Somebody just found out their spouse cheated.
"It's like there's all these things and there's strangers and you just don't know what's going on with people and I was going through something that night – not that that justifies my behaviour."
Noah referenced Smith's memoir Will, in which Smith writes about his glittering career, but also his upbringing, prompting Smith to elaborate further.
"It was a lot of things," Smith said.
"It was the little boy that watched his father beat up his mother.
"All of that just bubbled up in that moment."
Smith said he understood why people found the moment so shocking.
"That was a rage that had been bottled for a really long time," he said.
"But I understand the pain.
"My nephew, Dom, is nine and he is the sweetest little boy.
"We came home and it's like he had stayed up late to see his Uncle Will and we're sitting in my kitchen and he's on my lap and he's holding the Oscar and he's just like, why did you hit that man, Uncle Will?"
Smith reacted to the gasps in the audience.
"Damn it, why are you trying to Oprah me?" he said to Noah.
Smith went on to say he had to forgive himself for being human and he hopes Emancipation and everyone who's worked on it doesn't suffer as a result of his actions.
"These top artists in the world have done some of the best work of their career and the idea that they might be denied because of me … I just hope that their work will be honoured and their work will not be tainted based on a horrific decision on my part."
Emancipation will premiere globally on Apple TV+ December 9.
