Will Smith slapped Chris Rock at the 2022 Oscars after Chris Rock made an offensive joke about Jada Pinkett Smith, his wife, and her shaved head. Smith later apologized for the incident and has admitted that his slapping of Rock has led to repercussions in his career.Now, a new video has emerged of a model allegedly thanking Will Smith for slapping Chris Rock. Published by the X news page, Rain Drops Media, a narrator is heard saying over the clip of the video:"I said, I know we are over this but the day before you slapped Chris Rock in his face, he was an *ssh*le to me. So when you did that, I said 'thank you, my brother."Subsequently, the person in the video and Will Smith are seen laughing about it, and then Smith says congratulations to her about something. The viral video has drawn reactions from netizens presuming it to be real.However, there is a clear disparity between what is shown and what is heard, because the narration completely drowns out what the woman in the video actually says to Will. Moreover, the laughing and the reaction of the actor seem incongruous with his public statements regarding the incident.Without an official confirmation from Will Smith, the video cannot be taken at face value and considered to be real. The meeting is likely just a fan meeting with Smith, rather than someone thanking him for slapping Chris Rock.Will Smith addressed his slapping of Chris Rock in his new albumWill Smith recently addressed his slapping of Chris Rock in his new album. The singer released his new album, Based on a True Story: Season 1: Rave in the Wasteland, on March 28, 2025. In the album's first track, Int. Barbershop — Day, the singer seemingly addressed the backlash following his slapping of Chris Rock:"I heard he down bad I heard he won the Oscar but he had to give it back / And you know they only made him do that s--- because he’s Black / He don’t need it, he the first to win a Grammy for rap / That’s a fact / He put all of Philly on his back."Smith was not asked to give his Oscar back, but he was banned from attending any event by the Academy for 10 years. He later on sang:"Bottom line y’all, Will Smith is wack / I mean, he rich, funny and sexy too / You wish you had a Jada Pinkett next to you / Him and Jada both crazy girl, what you talking about? / You better keep his wife’s name out of your mouthWill Smith also seemingly addressed the backlash in another track of the album."In an interview with BBC Radio 1xTra's Remi Burgz that was published on June 18, 2025, Smith further talked about the backlash, stating that the level of disapproval after that event was unprecedented in his life:"For the first time in my career, [I was] having to deal with a level of disapproval that I never had to experience. The addiction to the approval of others that I had to dissolve, it was brutal. It was just like there was a manhole cover over some unexplored areas and the manhole cover came off. It was scary for a minute what was in there."The Art Of Dialogue @ArtOfDialogue_LINKViolinist Brian King Joseph, who is suing Will Smith for s**xual harassment, previously spoke out in a video before the lawsuit in which he claimed he was fired for reporting s**xual misconduct and safety threats at work.Smith is currently facing s*xual harassment, grooming, wrongful termination, and retaliation allegations from a complaint filed by violinist Brian King Joseph. Will Smith and his representatives have refuted the allegations.