Will Smith candid about difficult childhood: “I watched my father beat my mother. I saw her spitting blood” | celebrities

celebritiesWill Smith (53) thought the time was right to share his life story. The rapper and movie star wants the world to know that he didn’t make it to the top without a fight – literally. We collect the most remarkable passages from his biography in two parts. Today we focus on the superstar’s difficult childhood. For example, a young Will was terrified of his tyrannical father, who terrorized the family with his free hands. “Failing to obey an order at home meant being court-martialed, and the punishment usually consisted of a strap to your bare ass.”