Zack Sharf Will Smith told David Letterman on a recent episode of the former late night host’s Netflix interview series “My Next Guest Needs No Introduction” that he had a terrifying vision of losing his money and career before the Oscars slap sent his professional life spiraling.
Netflix noted at the start of the conversation between the two men that “the episode was recorded prior to the 2022 Academy Awards ceremony,” where Smith slapped presenter Chris Rock on stage after Rock made a joke about Jada Pinkett-Smith’s alopecia.During a two-year acting break, Smith vacationed to Peru and went on 14 ayahuasca journeys.
The actor said, “One of the experiences was the individual most hellish psychological experience of my life.” “I’m drinking, I’m sitting there, and then, all of a sudden, it’s like I start seeing all of my money flying away and my house is flying away, and my career is gone,” Smith said of the vision (via Insider). “And I’m trying to grab for my money and my career.
My whole life is getting destroyed…I’m in there and I’m wanting to vomit and all of that. And I hear a voice saying, ‘This is what the fuck it is.
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