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I don’t know squat about Will Smith, but on the surface, it appears he was a dad first and an actor second on Sunday night. He didn’t stick around to see if he won for best actor. Cool. I wonder if Roger Clemens would’ve done that in the middle of baseball game he was about to win?
Smith, nominated for the title role in “Ali,” left the Kodak Theatre with his actress-wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, after security officials informed them that their 1 1/2 -year-old daughter, Willow, was suffering an ear infection and 103-degree fever.
I say “appears” because you never know what’s really going on. Maybe his wife threatened him if they didn’t leave. Maybe he was trying to impress people. Maybe he hates crowds and awards ceremonies so it was a good excuse to get the hell out of there. I doubt any of those, but we men are complex creatures, remember?