Will Smith (Photo credit: Martin de Witte)

There has been alot of trouble after  Will Smith‘s recent outburst on the red carpet at the Moscow premiere of Men In Black III.

He slapped a reporter round the face for trying to kiss him and now, the man responsible is speaking out…and would like to apologize to the actor for his behavior!

Ukrainian journalist Vitalii Sediuk explains:

“After having the possibility to think and analyze everything that happened, now I do apologize for my behavior. But I still hope for other meeting…I think it was too much…I can say it was it was an emotional impulse. Will Smith is a person whom I deeply respect as an actor, I’ve been watching him since my childhood and of course when I met him in Moscow finally I just wanted to do something, not extraordinary, but to impress him. We have Slovak tradition, and of course I don’t do that often – I don’t kiss every man or woman when I meet him or her on the street – but that time I decided to do that…I don’t take offense and of course we have different mentalities, ethics, stuff like that, and it’s not a big deal for me to say, ‘I’m sorry, Will. It was a splash of emotion. It was an emotional moment, and I’m sorry for that.’ Next time if I meet him, I’ll just shake his hand and then we’ll be fine. I can’t say that I did it for fame, I’ve interviewed Madonna, I’ve interviewed Bill Clinton.”

We know that he could have handled the situation diffrently and maybe just shouted at him.

But slap him now that’s lame.

Glad to hear that he doesn’t seem too phased by the whole debacle, though!