(Photo by Michael Tullberg/Getty Images) Culture of celebrity worship LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - MAY 20: Author Mark Manson speaks at a signing event for his new book 'Everything Is F*cked: A Book About Hope' at Barnes & Noble at The Grove on in Los Angeles, California. Manson, who hasn't seen or heard from Smith since their book tour ended last November, went on to say 'Literally on page one of the book, it says: 'What you have come to understand as ‘Will Smith,’ the alien-annihilating MC, the bigger-than-life movie star, is largely a construction-a carefully crafted and honed character-designed to protect myself. 'Maybe you all missed the memo, but you were put on alert months ago.' We discussed his relentless perfectionism and how he sometimes achieved that perfectionism through intimidation and fear of those around him. 'We wrote candidly about his relationship to fighting and how, particularly when he was young, he had a propensity to start physical altercations unnecessarily. We talked about the culture of violence of his neighbourhood and family growing up. 'The book had extensive discussion of his deep insecurities around failing to protect the women in his life. In a post on his website, Manson said that for readers of the book Will, they would not be surprised by Smith's actions on Sunday. Now Mark Manson, who knows the actor well from the time they worked together co-writing Smith's memoir, has given his thoughts on the controversial attack.

In addition to slapping Rock, Smith also yelled at him, 'Keep my wife's name out of your fucking mouth!' Smith shocked viewers and audience members when he rushed on stage at the Oscars to slap Rock after the comic made a joke about his wife Jada Pinkett Smith’s shaved head. Mark Manson, the self-help guru who co-wrote Will Smith's autobiography 'Will', has opened up about his thoughts on the actor's highly publicised slap of Chris Rock at the Oscars ceremony last Sunday.

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