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The story
Videos and images claiming to show Will Smith sobbing after learning of wife Jada Pinkett Smith’s affair have gone viral on social media, sparking discussion on a 5channel (5ch) live-commentary thread. Given his history of slapping the man who insulted his wife at the 2022 Oscars — an act that got him banned from the ceremony — sympathy ran high at first. But as the thread went on, posters pointed out that “the ‘other man’ in the photo is Will Smith himself” and warned not to trust “fabricated posts with a blue checkmark,” spreading suspicion that the whole story might be AI-generated fake news or an impersonation. The discussion gradually evolved into a debate over how differently the U.S. and Japan view infidelity and violent incidents.
What people said
Guess that explains the slump.
I think it was due to an illness.
His wife cucked him?!
No wonder his brain's fried.
He stood by her devotedly even after going bald, and the slap already put his career on the line… and now this?
They were already having problems before that anyway.
now he can get divorced.
In the US, infidelity alone isn't grounds for divorce.
Word is they'd separated and had some kind of arrangement where monogamy wasn't required on either side.
So the sobbing is just evidence-building for an alimony claim?
Smooth move — dude's a real actor.
Actually, even with infidelity it's a 50-50 split.
Seems like both sides get treated as equally at fault.
What do you mean?
Is this a team sport or something?
I mean, you could still sue on some other grounds, like emotional distress.
He even got into a violent incident punching the guy who mocked his wife at the Oscars, and now this…
I saw an article saying he tacitly allowed his wife to date younger guys.
Guess neither "using violence over an insult" nor "crying because your wife cheated" fits with "Amerikasu" values (derogatory slang for Americans, roughly "American trash").
In Japan, attacks are more verbal than physical, so violence doesn't feel real to people here.
F1's Hamilton had a similar video going around too.
You'll go crazy if you take these blue-checkmark posts at face value
Ugh… so it's fake news after all.
Will's gonna slap you for that.
Japan's the only place in the world where thinning hair counts against you.
Background and Key Points of This Discussion
Will Smith has a history of slapping the host who mocked his wife Jada’s appearance at the 2022 Academy Awards, an incident that got him banned from the ceremony. The video and images that went viral this time, purporting to show him “sobbing after learning of his wife’s affair,” were the kind of content that drew extra sympathy from anyone aware of that history. However, early in the thread, posters pointed out that “the ‘other man’ in the photo is Will Smith himself” and warned not to take fabricated blue-checkmark posts at face value, suggesting a strong chance the images are AI-generated or otherwise doctored. In other words, the core issue here is that the very “fact” at the story’s starting point remains unconfirmed — both the sympathetic and mocking reactions assume the event actually happened, which is worth keeping in mind. Another point of discussion was the difference in values between the U.S. and Japan: posters noted that attitudes toward “defending one’s honor through violence,” infidelity, and the division of assets in divorce vary considerably by country, though this too is secondhand generalization with no guarantee of legal accuracy.
*This article is compiled and summarized from the 5channel (Nandemo Jikkyo G) thread “[Image] Will Smith Sobs After Being Cucked by His Wife, lol“.
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