House.
Smiths' deal w/the devil was made years ago. Nothing real about him.

No matter whether it was a culture thing, the guy wanted to kiss him to get a rise, or the guy just wanted to kiss Will Smith, the actor's reaction was completely classless. Ugh.

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I guess you haters are gonna hate. I've been a will smith fan since he was the fresh prince, long before he had a TV show, and he is as real as being a global superstar allows.

And Smith was all class here. The classless reaction would be a right hook to the jaw, and a foot to the ass. The truly classless act: when the guy sexually assaulted Smith; that's a felony in the U.S. I don't know what you expect Smith to do in that situation, or what you would do.

Mr. Kissing Bandit got off easy, really.

Reading the trolling video description, I really wish I would have downvoted.

Not wanting to be kissed on the mouth by a perfect stranger makes one a homophobe? Not being gay = homophobia? Just like with your "saying 'girl' makes you a sexist" shtick, you are drawing the lines too tightly.

Shit oh howdy.

Where the bloody hell did I use the word "homophobe" in the video description?

And he didn't try to kiss him on the mouth, he went for his cheek, which is the culture in France, Russia, Saudi Arabia, and many other countries. Will said he went for his mouth, but he didn't. At least, I didn't see it. He kissed him on the cheek.

What is interesting to me is that the first description I wrote did use the word "homophobe" but then I removed it. Because it was too strong. Will Smith does promote gay marriage. He clearly isn't a homophobe.

And -- man, did he react strongly to being kissed by a man. Instinctively. As an American man, not as a French man, or a Saudi. I don't believe a French man or a Saudi would have slapped a man who kissed him. I don't think that Will Smith would slap a woman who kissed him on the cheek. But he is an American man and there are strong boundary issues between American men.

You can be angry at me for pointing that out. It doesn't make it any less true.

What I find remarkable -- as I noted in the video description -- is how difficult it must be to be a celebrity and people want to touch you. Hug you. And yes, kiss you. That takes courage to allow all these strangers into your personal space like that. Will Smith is a courageous man who respects his fans and allows them into his personal space.

And he reacted instinctively as an American man when kissed by a man.

Man, it is sooooo tiring to be accused of things I don't do. Tiring.

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Reading the trolling video description, I really wish I would have downvoted.
Not wanting to be kissed on the mouth by a perfect stranger makes one a homophobe? Not being gay = homophobia? Just like with your "saying 'girl' makes you a sexist" shtick, you are drawing the lines too tightly.

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It's really basic : replace Will by a female movie star and reevaluate "her" reaction.

I don't know. I see politicians kissing women on the cheek all the time and it skeeves me out. Secretary Clinton getting kissed on the cheek. I mean, really.

After this was up for awhile, I did read somewhere that this guy is a comedian and this is his "schtick." So all my noise about it being a "culture clash" is just uninformed gabbledegook.

See, I can argue with myself, even!


>> ^toferyu:

It's really basic : replace Will by a female movie star and reevaluate "her" reaction.

I just put myself in Will's shoes (or a female star's) and would find that pretty aggressive, depending on the day I probably would have been tempted by a slap too.

I don't think Will's reaction was anything to do with sex or his feelings about homosexuals--it was an invasion of his personal space and he repelled it and then cooled off right away. I could be convinced that he might have reacted very differently if it was a hot babe that tried to kiss him--but then it *would* be a sex thing. It would have been better if he didn't hit the guy, but still, it wasn't hard.

You're all wrong - the fact is, if he hadn't slapped him, he would have instantly become gay. That's how it works. He was defending his family from sudden dad-gayness.