Will Smith: 'Separatist, Xenophobic Racist Wave is Sweeping the Globe’

"If one of my sons said that in a public place..."

8.2.2016

Actor Will Smith believes America has been stricken with some kind of "collective insanity" for their support of Presidential candidate Donald Trump.

Promoting his upcoming comic book tent-pole film Suicide Squad, Smith said in an interview with Australia’s news.com.au that Trump's rise leaves him worried, taking heavy issue with comments made by Mr. Trump during his feud with actress Rosie O'Donnell, which included calling her a fat pig.

"For a man to be able to publicly refer to a woman as a fat pig, that makes me teary," Smith said. "My grandmother would have smacked my teeth out of my head if I had referred to a woman as a fat pig. And I cannot understand how people can clap for that. It’s absolutely collective insanity."

"If one of my sons, I am getting furious just thinking about it, if one of my sons said that in a public place, they couldn’t even live in my house anymore," he added.

Considering that Will Smith referred to his son Jayden's wearing a dress in public as "fearless," the 47-year-old actor has a very eclectic set of standards on what his son can do and say in public before being booted out of his $47 million mansion.

Borrowing his talking points from John Lennon with a little 60's flower power thrown in for good measure, Smith explained his hope that love will reign in this election, not fear.

"I think as much as we want to believe that love is the greatest human motivator, it’s not. Fear is," Smith told news.com.au. "Fear is the most dangerous and powerful motivator because when a human being gets scared, fight or flight kicks in."

"And there is this really separatist non-inclusive xenophobic racist wave that is sweeping the globe that is making us pull apart farther than putting us together," he added.

Smith supported Barack Obama in both elections and has no leg to stand on when speaking of divisiveness, especially following his classless rhetoric following the execution of five law enforcement officers in Dallas last month, using their funerals as a platform to push gun control and more social justice.