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Fraught childhood taught Will Smith forgiveness
The actor, who hosts docuseries Welcome To Earth, played the entertainer at home to deflect his abusive father's anger
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Will Smith's desire to be an entertainer sprang from a coping mechanism he developed as a child with an abusive father.
"Because if everybody's laughing and having a good time at home, nobody's getting beaten up," explains the 53-year-old.
