Smith explains Hitler remark
A Jewish group said Wednesday that it accepted Will Smith’s explanation that he never praised Adolf Hitler in remarks the star says were misinterpreted.
“We welcome and accept Will Smith’s statement that Hitler was a ‘vicious killer’ and that he did not mean for his remarks about the Nazi leader to be mistaken as praise,” Abraham H. Foxman, national director of the Anti-Defamation League, said in a statement.
The Daily Record, a Scottish newspaper, recently quoted Smith as saying: “Even Hitler didn’t wake up going, ‘let me do the most evil thing I can do today.’ I think he woke up in the morning and using a twisted, backwards logic, he set out to do what he thought was ‘good.’ ”
Many celebrity gossip websites posted articles alleging that the 39-year-old star of “I Am Legend” believed Hitler was a good person.
In a statement Monday, Smith called that “an awful and disgusting lie,” and said he was furious about his remarks being misinterpreted. “Adolf Hitler was a vile, heinous vicious killer responsible for one of the greatest acts of evil committed on this planet,” the statement said.
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