Will Smith Will Not Attend the Oscars, Says 'Diversity Is the American Superpower'

In an interview with Robin Roberts Thursday morning on Good Morning America (I’m more of a TODAY man, but whatever), Will Smith revealed that he will join his wife Jada’s boycott of the Oscars this year.

After calling diversity “the American superpower,” Smith continued:

“The nominations reflect the Academy, the Academy reflects the industry, and the industry reflects America. It reflects a series of challenges that we are having in our country at the moment. There’s a regressive slide towards separatism, towards racial and religious disharmony, and that’s not the Hollywood that I want to leave behind.”

When asked directly by Roberts if he would be attending, Smith said:

“No. My wife’s not going…we’ve discussed it. We’re part of this community, but at this current time we’re uncomfortable to stand there and say that this is OK.”

But the most surprising revelation from Will’s interview about Jada’s call to boycott was the fact that he had no idea it was going to happen until well after it already had.