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Will Smith detailed his goals in life moving forward after evading a question about his net worth, which comes after the actor shuttered his charity organization nearly two years to the day he infamously slapped Chris Rock at the 2022 Oscars.
The Oscar-winning actor, 55, speaking with "Complex correspondent Speedy Morman in a 360 with Speedy segment published Tuesday, was asked if a reported $350 million net worth gleaned via a Google search was accurate.
'I don't even know man,' the King Richard actor replied. 'I don't discuss such things.'
Morman asked Smith if he's 'on par' with a luxury lifestyle after more than three decades in the limelight, and questioned what his relationship with money is like.
Smith said he's in the 'downsize phase' of his life, as his mentality has shifted from gathering to giving.
Will Smith, 55, detailed his goals in life moving forward after evading a question about his net worth in an interview with Complex published Tuesday
Wednesday marks the two-year anniversary of Smith's infamous slap of Chris Rock at the 2022 Oscars, which has had significant professional ramifications for the actor
The Emancipation star said he's seen other successful celebrities change their lives around the age of 50, citing Jim Carrey as an example of a 'drastic public transformation in that way.'
Smith said that 'what happens is, you just realize none of it can make you happy.'
He added: 'Once you've bought everything you want and there's literally nothing on earth else that you want to buy ... there's nothing that material can do to satisfy you.'
The Wild Wild West star said he's in a 'scary' phase of his life when 'there's literally nothing that can make you happy,' citing relationships, money and kids.
He added: 'That happy is an internal, full-frontal contact with your dark knight of the soul and you reconcile that you got to make happy in [your head] - you got to make happy in [your heart] - with none of that stuff.
'You got to take happy to the people you love - you can’t try to get it from them ... that is ... it’s not for the faint of heart.'
The interview with was published Tuesday, when Variety reported that Smith and his spouse Jada Pinkett Smith, 52, are shuttering their charity organization, the Will and Jada Smith Family Foundation, following a massive dip in donations since the 2022 Oscars.
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