Will Smith says he crafted a joyful image to cover the pain of the past

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Will Smith looks back on his life in the memoir, Will. "Those difficulties and those traumas and the mental anguish that I had to overcome was a big part of me growing into the person I am today," he says.

As a child, Smith watched helplessly as his father beat his mother. The experience shaped him: “The mental anguish that I had to overcome was a big part of me growing into the person I am today.”

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As a child, Smith watched helplessly as his father beat his mother. The experience shaped him: “The mental anguish that I had to overcome was a big part of me growing into the person I am today.”