ADL to Will: You're Kosher Again, Thanks

It's all good in the hood between Will Smith and the Jews. Oy, it was giving us such a pain already!

The Anti-Defamation League just issued a statement to TMZ, saying that they "welcome and accept" Smith's statement that Hitler was a "vicious killer" and that it's clear that Smith didn't intend for his Hitler remarks to be construed as praise. "He took immediate steps to clarify his words and unequivocally condemn Hitler as an evil person," says ADL National Director Abraham H. Foxman.

Smith was "incensed" that a Scottish reporter took his remarks about Hitler out of context from a recent interview.



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76. What about Roger Freidman's column is inaccurate? Please provide the details, I can't wait to hear your proof of one error in that column. Otherwise I'm afraid I'll take the word of a respected journalist over some twit.

Posted at 11:34AM on Dec 27th 2007 by Trina

77. Trina, you would, wouldn't you? Because he writes for Fox I don't believe him, plain and simple. Kind of like you (plain and simple), who believe everything you read. Keep on believing, honey, and I will keep thinking.

Posted at 11:47AM on Dec 27th 2007 by Dina

78. In OTHER words, you cannot (color me shocked!) point out ONE inaccuracy in what he wrote!! Instead you attack Fox News. Oooookaaay, that's exactly what I expected from you. EXACTLY Perhaps in the future you could be prepared to back up your claims so as to avoid looking like a jackass. I'm just sayin.

Posted at 11:58AM on Dec 27th 2007 by Trina

79. Trina, let me clarify then I'm done. You stated in your original post "this is the ABSOLUTE TRUTH (as if!!!) about what a person has become, essentially, summing up the entire person in one column. I'm just not that simple. Nobody is summed up in 3 paragraphs, even you (I hope!). Believe it or not, some people don't consider Fox a reliable News source. I don't, you do. That's not an attack. It's just what I believe. So, sorry you believe all you read on Fox as the absolue truth. Actually, I find it kind of sad...

Posted at 12:12PM on Dec 27th 2007 by Dina

80. That's what $cientology's "reprogramming" does for a person. Smith will likely end up regretting the day he ever took up with the merry band of nuts and con artists that comprise the cult of greed. It seems the obnoxious Cruise is already rubbing off on him. Can we expect to see Smith jumping on Oprah's couch? Telling the world post partum depression doesn't exist? That HE knows psychiatry-WE don't? Will he turn in to a controlling, humorless pompous ass like Cruise? All signs point to "yes".

Posted at 12:22PM on Dec 27th 2007 by $cientology Sucks

81. Terra (# 57) I am here so I can see what IDIOTS like yourself are buying into these days.....is that a good enough answer for you?!!!!

Posted at 3:52PM on Dec 27th 2007 by People Really Are Stupid

82. Finally the public has been reminded that Will is a good person, with not an evil, murderous, hateful bone in his body!
When has Will EVER stood for anything remotely as evil as Hitler? Will has always stood for pride in the human race and has always demonstrated excellent family values. Believe half of what you see and none of what you hear, PEOPLE. Will, you are still an upstanding man in my opinion and I am glad that people who would believe such garbage have now been reminded of the goodness that you carry in your spirit.

Posted at 4:14PM on Dec 27th 2007 by soulwriter3d

83. Thank you TMZ, thank you Harvey Lenin for reporting Will Smith's irresponsible and historically inaccurate remarks.

If the situation had been reversed, and a white person made some remark about the slave trade or the KKK, Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton would've teared their life apart by now.

It's been the most valuable story TMZ did all year.

All you people who use phrases like "you are mentally challenged" or "grow up" to those who disagree with you are ignorant. Those who cannot respond by addressing the issue intelligently and directly, but hurl insults, reveal their lack of argument and understanding of the issue at hand.

Make no mistake, some of these comments are planted by Warner Bros. because WB has a lot to lose if "I Am Legend" loses steam - especially during the writers strike when no one is making money and studio stock prices are falling. Those comments that go on and on about how Will Smith is a great guy because they saw I Am Legend three times already are especially obvious and embarrassing. (STUDIO PLANT - JESS - YOU HAVE ALREADY BEEN CORRECTLY CALLED OUT FOR BEING A STUDIO/AGENCY PLANT FOR BRANDY AT ANOTHER POST ON TMZ . HERE YOU ARE AGAIN SHILLING FOR WILL SMITH.) We are laughing at you.

You people need to go to the library and read up on what motivated Hitler and especially on how he got to power. Will Smith should keep his mouth shut unless he has a true grasp of history.

You people may not believe this, but, GASP, just because someone entertains you, and you love their movie does not mean they are a great person or that they are an authority on all things on this planet.

Posted at 5:17PM on Dec 27th 2007 by Will Smith's Conscience

84. typo correction above - Harvey Levin

Posted at 5:18PM on Dec 27th 2007 by Will Smith's Conscience

85. Does the staff of the Anti-Defamation League sit in their deluxe offices all day, waiting for somebody to utter a few words, then pounce on them for being "incorrect, intolerant, and anti-semitic"? C'mon...how about the Anti-Defamation League do something productive, like stop the oppression and persecution of the Palestinian people? Modern-day Isreal, with their apartheid and violence against civilians, seems to have taken a few moves from the Hitler playbook, if you know your history.

Posted at 4:51PM on Dec 28th 2007 by Sasha

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