Will Smith learned some of his “greatest lessons” from his abusive dad.The 53-year-old actor saw his late father beat up his mother when he was a child, and Will still has conflicting emotions about his dad.He explained: “Some of the greatest things about me are because he was my father, some of the greatest lessons of my life – the way I look at the world, the way I can endure, the way that I think.
He was my hero, you know, but at the same time, he beat up my mother in front of me. And it just twists up a young mind … Aren’t you supposed to hate somebody that beats up your mother?”
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