In a new clip, Will Smith tells a room of guests about how his friendship with Mayweather developed.

The two had only known each other just in passing before the 2022 Oscars. After everything happened at the Oscars with the slap, it seems the industry turned its back on Will Smith. Will explained Floyd Mayweather reached out to him personally, over and over. “For 10 days, he called me every day,” he recounted. “And he was like, ‘Ay! You know you're the champ, right? Are you good? You know you're the champ, right? I want you to hear my voice say it.’ Every day, he called me. And it’s like, that’s my dude forever right there.”

Dope.