Will Smith feared for his career well before his now-infamous Oscars slap. The 53-year-old actor sat down for an interview with David Letterman on Netflix's , and recalled worrying about losing his career and fortune while tripping on ayahuasca, a psychoactive herbal drink with hallucinogenic properties.During the episode, which was filmed months before Smith slapped Chris Rock on the Oscars stage for making a joke about his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith's, hair, Smith admitted he was initially «terrified» to drink ayahuasca, but eventually «decided it was something that I wanted to try.»Of the effects of the drink, Smith described, «You're not hallucinating.
It's like both realities are 100 percent present. So you know you're in this room. You're sitting in the room. You don't lose sight.
It's not, like, superimposed on this reality. It's totally separate.»After consuming the drink, Smith said he had «the individual most hellish psychological experience of my whole life.»«I'm drinking, I'm sitting there, and then, all of the sudden, it's like I start seeing all of my money flying away, and my house is flying away, and my career is gone away.
I'm like, 'Ugh!'» Smith recalled. «And I'm trying to grab for my money and my career. My whole life is getting destroyed. My fear.
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