Will Smith enters new scary phase: “It’s time to give back”

Will Smith is going through a difficult time as an actor. Among all the projects he had in mind for these years, the only one that has emerged is Bad Boys: Ride or Die, with his friend Martin Lawrence. A downturn that comes after the slap he gave to Chris Rock at the 2022 Oscars, which led him to be punished by the Academy - he is banned from attending in person or telematically, any of the organization’s events for seven years.

After effects of Oscars incident

Although for many, such a reprimand could lead to total bankruptcy, both in terms of potential future projects, popularity, and as a consequence, money, it seemed to have had the opposite effect on Smith, because according to Forbes, his controversial memoirs ended up giving him huge benefits despite his public image taking a beating.

With these benefits and thanks to what he has earned throughout his career, the 55-year-old actor has managed to have a net worth that is estimated at $350 million. He was asked about his personal fortune in and interview with Complex, but admitted that he has no idea how much money he has: “I don’t even know, man. I don’t discuss such things,” was his reply.

“There is nothing that can make you happy”

“I am in a phase of personal restructuring. This is the downsize phase of my life. The first half of my life was gather, gather, gather, the second half of my life is gonna be give, give, give,” Smith explained, confessing that he is now in a very different moment in his life.

And he attributes it all to the change in mentality on reaching his half century: “People… always have that moment somewhere around 50 where something changes. But what happens is you just realize none of it can make you happy. Once you’ve bought everything you want and there’s literally nothing on earth else that you want to buy, I just wish that was a gift that everybody could have because there’s nothing that material can do to satisfy you.”

With all this, Will Smith explains that he has entered a new, slightly uneasy phase of his life: “I’m in that phase of my life that can actually be scary. When you realize that no relationship, that no money, that no kids... there’s literally nothing that can make you happy. That happy is internal, full frontal contact with your dark knight of the soul and you reconcile that you gotta make happy in here. You gotta make happy in here with none of that stuff. You gotta take happy to the people you love - you can’t try to get it from them. It’s not for the faint of heart,” he concluded.