Posted today at 3:56 pm by The Hollywood Reporter‘s Scott Feinberg:
Not that Will Smith doesn’t feel genuine remorse about Slapgate, but when you know you’re about to get zotzed or downgraded by management, the face-saving thing is to quit before they lower the boom. A more positive way of looking at the resignation is that Smith was looking to decisively position himself as a man of character and conscience rather than cool his heels and wait for an outcome that would probably be negative.
Bill Maher (@billmaher)
Everyone in America spent the entire week talking about #TheSlap heard around the world. So the whole “keep my wife’s name out of your mouth” didn’t work out too well. pic.twitter.com/Jy8Is5dkcY