Actor Will Smith has posted an emotional new apology for slapping Chris Rock at the Oscars earlier this year, revealing in a lengthy video that he reached out to the comedian who wasn’t “ready to talk” yet.

Smith who won the Academy Award for Best Actor, took to the stage in March and slapped Rock after he made a joke about his wife, in an incident that overshadowed the high-profile cinematic that was broadcasted around the world.

“I called Chris and he said he’s not ready to talk, and when he is, he’ll call me,” Smith said in the six-minute video.

“Chris, I apologize. My behavior was unacceptable. I am ready to speak to you when you are ready to talk about it

Smith made a public apology shortly after the incident, and was banned from attending the Academy Awards for the next 10 years after the slap.

The 53-year-old also resigned from his membership in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, although the organization did not cancel his award for best actor for his role in the movie “King Richard”.

In a video posted on social media on Friday, Smith said that his wife, actress Jayda Pinkett Smith, who was sitting next to him and appeared to frown when Rock joked about her, did not say anything to incite him to attack

I made a decision on my own,” Smith said, apologizing to his wife and children for “the stress I’ve put on all of us.”

“I don’t think at all that this is the best way to deal with feelings of disrespect or humiliation,” he added in this video, in which he appeared to be fighting back tears.

He expressed his deep regret that he disappointed his fans, explaining, “I try to feel remorse without being ashamed.”

He concluded by saying, “I am a human being and I made a mistake, and I try not to see myself as an idiot.”

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