Will Smith Gay Sex Allegation Controversy

Overview

Will Smith Gay Sex Allegation Controversy refers to a claim made by actor Will Smith's former friend and assistant Brother Bilaal on the UNWINE WITH TASHA K podcast that he allegedly walked in on the actor having anal intercourse with actor Duane Martin and that Smith has a small penis. The accusation went viral in mid-November 2023, with many people expressing sympathy that Smith's friends and associates continue to spread rumors and potential slander about him in public, seemingly for no reason. In the aftermath of the incident, his wife Jada Pinkett Smith told the press that the Smiths intended to file a lawsuit regarding the claim.

Background

On November 13th, 2023, controversial podcaster Tasha K uploaded a clip from her interview with Will Smith's former assistant Brother Bilaal in which he claimed to have walked in on Smith receiving anal sex from actor Duane Martin, using graphic imagery to describe the scene. He also insulted the size of Smith's penis in the clip. It gained over 166,000 views on YouTube in one day and quickly spread online (shown below). It was also reposted to Twitter / X by numerous sources, including @TheArtOfDialogue_,^[1] resulting in it going viral and trending on the platform.

Developments

On November 15th, 2023, Page Six^[3] reported that Will Smith denied the allegation, with a spokesperson saying the claim was “completely fabricated” and “unequivocally false.” TMZ^[2] filmed a reporter asking Jada Pinkett Smith what her thoughts were on the rumor, to which Smith replied, "We suing!" (shown below). Martin has yet to comment on the claim as of November 15th.

It's unclear whether Jada Smith was referring to Bilaal or Tasha K with her threat of a lawsuit, though Tasha K has been the target of defamation lawsuits before. Earlier in 2023, she notably lost a lawsuit to Cardi B, who had sued her for defamation and was ordered to pay $4 million in damages to the rapper.^[4]

Online Reactions

The claim was largely met with sadness or shock from social media, often because many felt sympathetic towards Will Smith for having people in his life seemingly set on humiliating him publicly for unknown reasons. For example, on November 14th, 2023, Twitter user @queenie4rmnola^[5] opined, "it's heartbreaking to see him betray his so-called best friend, Will Smith. Even if me and my bestie had a falling out, I would never start a campaign to smear her. That shows poor character," gaining over 660 retweets and 14,000 likes in one day (shown below, left).

The same day, user @trenchcoatopera^[6] posted, "The way the people closest to Will Smith have dragged him thru the media, up to and including his own kids, is really disheartening," gaining over 20 likes in one day (shown below, right).

Additionally, on Reddit, users made memes with similar sentiments. For example, on November 14th, /r/dankmemes^[7] user Bright-Repeat-4616 posted a meme joking about the numerous scandals Smith has faced in recent years, gaining over 6,900 upvotes in one day (shown below, left). The same day, Redditor LemonConoisseur^[8] posted a "Stop, He's Already Dead" meme about Smith to /r/dankmemes, gaining over 13,000 points in one day (shown below, right).

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