Will Smith - Will Smith Clears The Air Over Red Carpet Slap

However, MTV News reports that Smith took to 'The David Letterman Show' to clear the air on the subject, and played down suggestions that he'd beaten up the red carpet interviewer. "I didn't beat up a guy!" he insisted, continuing "No, no. I was in Moscow and ... we're doing an interview and he says, 'Man ...,' he was a reporter and he says, 'I'm your biggest fan, can I have a hug, please?' So I go to give this joker a hug and he tries to lean in to kiss me, you know? And ... it's just awkward, Dave."

That sounds fair enough really, and Smith made it clear he wasn't really up for having a stranger of a man kiss him on the lips in general, saying that he talked it through with the reporter's crew, and claiming "They were [like] 'We're sorry, you know, it's just his shtick.' and I said, 'That's why his ass got shtuck".